Arthur C. Clarke Predicts the Internet & PC

In1974 Arthur C. Clarke told the ABC that every household in 2001 will have a computer and be connected all over the world. Courtesy of Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

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[RabidEasterBunny]

"...and cats! There will be cats EVERYWHERE!"

"Um..."

"..."

"Well... thank you for your time Mr. Clarke."

[Erik Wekesser]

He forgot to say "and people will also be watching this exact same video on said consoles."

[vermilion J]

Paedo.

[73elephants]

The Soviet Union already existed. Orwell imagined what it would be like if similar systems ruled the whole industrialized world, including Britain. Not sure how that can be construed as predicting North Korea.

[wachingdocs]

Amazing.

[TheKunig]

“Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.”

― Arthur C. Clarke

[Potomacstud]

This man is fantastic , I got chills all over

[sdtuu]

it's so obvious that he has a time machine, the cheating bastard.

[Kirsten Bjork]

George Orwell predicted North Korea.

[73elephants]

Maybe you need to re-read Nineteen Eighty Four, because George Orwell predicted none of the things you describe. He imagined a society in which cars are rare to non-existent, and the state uses networks of human spies to watch their neighbours, and children to watch their parents. He did not imagine GPS, or anything resembling our internet. While we live in a world flooded with information, he imagined a world starved of information, to the point where people don't even know what year it is.

[emoryliketheroad1]

I mean hey, HBO's comedy specials weren't around yet-televangelism would be a good substitute-if a bit saddening.

Also porn is awesome.