Future Technology: Arthur C Clarke Predicting the future in 1964

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A great clip from the BBC's Horizon programme in 1964. Arthur Charles Clarke was a British science fiction author, inventor, and futurist, most famous for the novel 2001: A Space Odyssey.
He was also a host and commentator in the British television series 'Mysterious World'.
For many years, with Robert A. Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, and Arthur C. Clarke were known as the "Big Three" of science fiction.

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[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]

will check out some of his books - thanks for that

[HerrDerpington]

He's a cheat; clearly he came from the future and went back to the past.

[xoomvids]

My prediction for 50 years from now is that we will all be fatter and lazier.

thank you thank you

[harrastelijakirurgi]

Not way off base. It just hasn't happened yet.

[Alpha Starlite]

A total visionary

[Potomacstud]

What he was referring to here is ..the world wide web

[Swordfishstick]

The one thing that all the future-predicition attempts I've seen have in common, the one thing all get wildly wrong, is in the "what the future city will look like". The most accurate prediction on that front, would be made by someone who predicted that the future city will look, more or less, like what it looks today.

Infrastructure doesn't change as fast as ideas, and the most radical changes will be in areas that don't require radical and expensive demolition and re-building of structures.

[cbohar84]

Well he is certainly spot on about how technology is making the world a seemingly smaller and smaller place

[gtb2009b]

Well I guess that is what is happening.

[Derek Leung]

You know time can be changed right? In different condition 1 light year might be longer or shorted based on gravity and other factors. However under normal conditions, you are right about a light year is 9.4607×10¹⁵ km. Just saying.

[Orlando Cruz]

Dead on!

[Jay Flippen]

We commute-nicate; Commute to communicate. Common communistic calls care about cool crap.