What The World Will Be Like In 2008

[Jonathan]

http://209.85.173.104/search?q=cache:8F ... =firefox-a

From the perspective of 1968!

spot on: internet shopping, travel reservations, taxes, calendars
slightly off: rockets, super cars, all meals eaten on disposable plastic plates, two steak-like meals per day!

I particularly like the assertion that we'll eat two steak-like meals a day and throw away all the plates. Such luxury!
Reality: plastic plates and fake beef are real and really damn crappy.

[George]

The average work day is four hours? But it's probably not worth it if you have to study for two hours afterward.

[quantus]

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/02/opini ... ks.html?hp

As "globalization" continues, the two hours a day studying may be necessary to maintain the knowledge advantage you need to maintain your job and pay... I think the concept is right, just the timing is off.