Adam Kovacs and Adam Westbrook explain why Elon Musk’s Hyperloop and Boring Loop are not serious solutions to real-world transportation challenges.
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“What’s a Gadgetbahn?” Anton Dubrau, Catbus
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“It’s the year 2022… People are still the same. They’ll do anything to get what they need. And they need SOYLENT GREEN.” 1976 movie trailer.
Soylent Green, MGM’s 1973 science fiction thriller, is set in the distant year 2022, when unchecked population growth, global warming, and infrastucture decay make New York City — and the world — nearly unliveable, except for the wealthy few who monpolize resources. Sound familiar?
The movie is loosely based on Harry Harrison‘s 1966 novel Make Room! Make Room!, set in 1999.
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“Soylent Green predicted a grim 2022. What did the dystopian movie get right?” Amanda Kooser, CNET
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Futurist Arthur C. Clarke predicted the Internet in 1964.
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Buckminster Fuller designed the Dymaxion House in 1927 as “the home of the future.” The only surviving prototype of Fuller’s vision, located at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan, was meant to be a model of an affordable, mass-produced residence, but the design never caught on.
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“What are the lessons from Bucky Fuller’s Dymaxion House?” Lloyd Alter, Treehugger
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“In 1973, a computer program was developed at MIT to model global sustainability. Instead, it predicted that by 2040 our civilization would end. While many in history have made apocalyptic predictions that have so far failed to materialize, what the computer envisioned in the 1970s has by and large been coming true. Could the machine be right?”
— Paul Ratner, Big Think
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” … the gyroscopes would be initially powered by flywheels wound-up in the morning, and would continue to be powered throughout the day from energy supplied by solar panels mounted on the roofs of the cars. pods are stilted on expandable legs that can both contract and enlarge depending on the context, meaning they can pass under bridges and vehicular overpasses with ease. inside, passengers sit in rows just like they would on a subway or bus, or — alternatively — ride-in-style inside luxurious pods that include comfortable couches and TV sets.”
–” gyroscopic public transportation: your future commute?” designboom
An amusing, elaborate fantasy. Much more fun than those Chinese straddling buses.
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The General Motors Futurama exhibit shows the wonders-to-be of 1960 to Depression-era audiences at the 1939-1940 World’s Fair, held at NYC’s Flushing Meadows. The future sure ain’t what it used to be.
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“I have seen the future:” Norman Bel Geddes and the General Motors Futurama,” Lindsay Turley, MCNY Collections Blog
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“The Last Job on Earth,” animation by the Moth Collective for The Guardian. Read Paul Mason’s explainer here.
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“Is this the future of work? Scientists predict which jobs will still be open to humans in 2035,” Paul Karp, The Guardian
“Why Stephen Hawking is more afraid of capitalism than robots,” Brian Resnick, Vox
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October 21, 2015
“Welcome, ‘Back to the Future’ Day,” Todd Leopold, CNN
“‘Back to the Future Day’ arrives, and marketers celebrate,” The Week
“‘Back To The Future Part 2’: Designing A Future For 30 Years Ago,” Andrew Limbong, NPR
“How politicians are celebrating ‘Back to the Future’ Day,” Nicole Brown, MSNBC
“Back to the Future II” official website
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