What will life be like in the year 2008?
You know how we all thought we'd be in flying cars and have tracking chips embedded in our skulls by now? Let's take a look back to November 1968, courtesy of Mechanix Illustrated, to see what life in 2008 was supposed to be like:
Read the whole thing here.
Not all of it is right, of course, especially that part about heart disease being eradicated (have you eaten at Five Guys yet?!?), but the part about paperless banking, electronic shopping and giant televisions is kinda creepy.
Thanks, T-Bone.
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