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The Martian Chronicler falls short

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One of many relevant in
"Past predictions about the future that were way, way off"

was this one

"The Martian Chronicler falls short

Responsible for dozens upon dozens of short stories, as well as classic 
novels like Fahrenheit 451 and several film adaptations and 
inspirations, Ray Bradbury made science fiction cool, or at least 
mainstream. The average reader may not be familiar with his classic 
dystopian stories such as "There Will Come Soft Rains" or "The Veldt," 
but have probably heard of The Butterfly Effect (loosely inspired by his 
story "A Sound of Thunder") as well as his disquieting Disney adaptation 
Something Wicked This Way Comes. Then there's his highly influential 
sci-fi saga The Martian Chronicles, which document colonial life on the 
planet Mars (not on Bruno or Veronica, just to clarify).

Speaking of which, Bradbury's often terrifying and prescient 
conceptualization of the future sometimes got a little bit ahead of 
itself. Back in 1950, the prolific author predicted that nuclear war 
would force us onto Mars by the 2000s. Fortunately, we were too busy 
"drinking beer and watching soap operas," to quote Mr. Bradbury, to make 
the colonization of Mars happen. Hey, at least we launched that rover 
thingy, right?

Colonization technology may be in its infancy, but NASA and other 
high-tech companies are working on landing humans on the red planet. 
Bradbury's futurism, if a tad optimistic, continues to inspire future 
generations to reach for the stars and the red planet, if they're not 
wasting their life reaching for craft ales and viral cat videos, 
instead. Thanks, Ray."

Read More: 
http://www.grunge.com/47611/past-predictions-future-way-way/?utm_campaign=clip

Read More: 
http://www.grunge.com/47611/past-predictions-future-way-way/?utm_campaign=clip

http://www.grunge.com/47611/past-predictions-future-way-way/

also (with some decent graphics),

"Popular Science pops off
from visualoop.com
Vintage Infographic The Spaceman (c. 1920)

Throughout its 144-year history, Popular Science spent the majority of 
its time covering interesting topics from the world of science and 
technology. The long-running magazine has also, on numerous occasions, 
peered into the future — with limited degrees of success.

Back in 1963, Pop Sci ran a feature about "Tomorrow's Man." The two 
doctors that wrote it seemed to think the future human, with its 
adaptable body type, was ready for some major hardware upgrades. Looking 
like a reject from a Borg/Pulp Fiction gimp cosplay crossover, the 
Tomorrow Man is decked out in a cybernetic flight helmet with goggles 
and a breathing tube. He rides his atomic tricycle to victory over the 
world of common sense (and good taste), armed with his "atom chaser" and 
video antennas, solar light replicator (what exactly happens to the sun 
in this future?), atomic jet pack, and a kooky "digital computer" 
strapped to his side — at least that came true. To be honest, we're 
looking more like the Tusken Raider of tomorrow.

Even better, apparently their prediction was made before the days of 
Radiation is bad, mmmkay?, so the future human is decked out in atomic 
and gamma-powered gear. Basically, our future selves are either on the 
verge of species-wide cancer epidemic or about to turn into the 
Incredible Hulk."

Read More: 
http://www.grunge.com/47611/past-predictions-future-way-way/?utm_campaign=clip

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  Re: The Martian Chronicler falls short D B Davis <g@crcomp.net> - 2018-04-28 16:32 +0000
  Re: The Martian Chronicler falls short djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-28 17:02 +0000
    Re: The Martian Chronicler falls short Cryptoengineer <treifamily@gmail.com> - 2018-04-28 22:30 -0500
      Re: The Martian Chronicler falls short djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-29 04:05 +0000
        Re: The Martian Chronicler falls short D B Davis <g@crcomp.net> - 2018-04-29 12:19 +0000
          Re: The Martian Chronicler falls short Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@sometimes.sessile.org> - 2018-04-29 13:30 +0100
            Re: The Martian Chronicler falls short djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-29 15:13 +0000
              Re: The Martian Chronicler falls short Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2018-04-29 13:55 -0700
            Re: The Martian Chronicler falls short Stephen Harker <sjharker@netspace.net.au> - 2018-04-30 17:29 +1000
          Re: The Martian Chronicler falls short Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2018-04-29 06:35 -0700
            Re: The Martian Chronicler falls short D B Davis <g@crcomp.net> - 2018-04-29 16:32 +0000
          Re: The Martian Chronicler falls short djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-29 15:09 +0000
          Re: The Martian Chronicler falls short Cryptoengineer <treifamily@gmail.com> - 2018-04-29 18:52 -0500
            Re: The Martian Chronicler falls short djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-30 13:27 +0000
              Re: The Martian Chronicler falls short Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2018-04-30 08:22 -0600
          Re: The Martian Chronicler falls short Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-05-01 13:57 -0500
            Re: The Martian Chronicler falls short Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-05-01 13:59 -0500
        Re: The Martian Chronicler falls short Moriarty <blues95@ivillage.com> - 2018-04-30 17:54 -0700
          Re: The Martian Chronicler falls short djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-05-01 05:25 +0000
  Re: The Martian Chronicler falls short Johnny1A <johnny1a.again@gmail.com> - 2018-04-28 22:52 -0700
  The Martian Chronicler falls short Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2018-04-29 13:33 -0700
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