This 1967 educational film strip was deemed “impossible” and “fantastical” by may observers at the time. With the input from scientists at Bell Labs it painted a future of 2020. It predicted elements of the technologies precisely. From e-commerce to social networks—in 1967:pic.twitter.com/ToOsJhZYYB
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Replying to @BrianRoemmele
what the folks in the so called Hitech places of Facebook etc do is nothin but innovate upon fundamental research & development done 50 plus yrs ago. We havent invented anything new in the last 40 yrs ever. Everything is bout making it cheaper/faster/smaller not fundamentally new
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Replying to @baba12
Poetry, astounding poetry. We are in the age of iteration not innovation. It is why tech has stalled and is failing in some ways. One reason I play these videos to VCs and founders. When I get done with them they know the difference.
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