Future Technology: Arthur C Clarke Predicting the future in 1964

[TwoCows23]

His accent is hypnotic.

[taylorveltrop]

Clarke foresaw telepresence robots. Amazing.

[KINGSEAN6669]

brain surgeons in edinburgh working on.... wait what the fuck?

[thesomebody3]

he was right except the future city

[thesomebody3]

@L4NEvox could u send me links to some pictuures

[timthehippie]

Mister Clarke was dead on regarding several of his predictions, but unfortunately way off base on others.

Madly visionary author tho. WhiteAndWongTV, I would definately encourage reading some of his books!

Timothy

:o)

[WhiteAndWongTV]

@timthehippie will check out some of his books - thanks for that

[timthehippie]

@WhiteAndWongTV 2001 A Space Odyssey might be a good place 2 begin. I read it ages ago, and it was made in2 an award winning movie!

:o)

[RoyalRamirez]

I wonder what he might say about our future had he been alive today...

[Fattboy26]

@RoyalRamirez

I still think he would be very positive.

[RoyalRamirez]

@Fattboy26 Yea i think your right, i mean humanity seems to always triumph over our inner demons. Unless we blow each other up into extinction, progress is inevitable.

[Fattboy26]

@RoyalRamirez

Well I won't say that its inevitable but I would bet on it. If religion gets out of the way we would rocket ahead.

[MedusaNegrita]

This man was ahead of his time. Mush like H.G. Wells. These are the great thinkers lost to us. Little to no visionaries left in our world.

[kaktuscar86]

My god, this man was a visionary and a genius.

[RoyalRamirez]

did'nt they have color tv in 1964... they also had phones... cell phones have only made real progress since the late 90's, we're slacking lets pick up the pace people.

[RoyalRamirez]

He must have been a star trek fan...

[smoothgoomer]

Incredible. That's crazy!!! I'm so happy with this human.

[3mustardMoNkEyS]

He was spot on, a great scientific mind and man.

[Tinak00777]

He realy neailed the last part it made me go O__O;

[ronpack]

I've never seen this video before but I did read his books. What an amazing guy.

[WhiteAndWongTV]

@ronpack not read his books yet but now i want to

[ronpack]

@WhiteAndWongTV

Rendezvous With Rama is pretty good. Google it and read the wiki. You should be able to find the book in any local library.

[WhiteAndWongTV]

@ronpack will do - thanks

[WhiteAndWongTV]

@ronpack awesome

[segomil]

Nice !

Is it possible that the writings predicting the future is realized much later intentionally by those who find it consistent?

Or they find them suitable for the actual established structures ?

[WhiteAndWongTV]

@segomil hey interesting comment -yeah, its possible but think this here one is proper 100% genuine 1964 tv -weevy stuff

[davisgreen2020]

Amazing ! Nealy right ! Now in the year 2011. But he was not to know that more than half of humankind now live in cities and growing ! Clarke was discribing the internet ! And the growing travel industries ! A brilliant mind indeed !

[WhiteAndWongTV]

@davisgreen2020 yeah... you're right its not perfect but its a pretty good effort for 1964

[WhiteAndWongTV]

@davisgreen2020 so true !

[deadsky80]

NAILED IT

[WhiteAndWongTV]

@deadsky80 yeah !

[WhiteAndWongTV]

@deadsky80 u summed it up nicely

[deadsky80]

NAILED IT

[Ital21]

Mind = blown

[WhiteAndWongTV]

@Ital21 yeah - we thought the same here