The Long History of the Future’ Review: Pipe Dreams and Progress – WSJ
We don’t have flying cars or Jetsons-like robots to cook our meals. What we have is better: constant incremental progress.
The Long History of the Future: Why Tomorrow’s Technology Still Isn’t Here By Nicole Kobie
A video flickers to life as Dave Brubeck’s “Take Five” begins to sound. A long-haired man appears on screen. You might expect a jazz concert, but the man fiddles with a cabinet-like, camera-laden machine on wheels. As he steps away, a buzzer sounds, the machine slowly rolls forward, and the narrator announces its name: Shakey the Robot.
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