[timonoko]

Nothing of real significance will happen. I know this for a fact this because in 1967 I wrote about 2017. Nothing become true, Finland does not have Space Forces, cars do not fly, lasers do remove space junk from orbit etcetc.

The Lasering of space junk was part of Finland's 100 year celebration, instead of fireworks the worn-out space-vessel "Kokko" was destroyed with lasers.

[username90]

You think nothing of real significance happened between 1967 and 2017? The 90's was extreme with both internet and cellphones becoming mainstream, suddenly you no longer needed several bookshelves full of encyclopedias just to look up information and everyone was reachable from anywhere! 2000's and 2010's where pretty lackluster in comparison as they just fleshed out the offerings from the 90's, but we could very well have another decade similar to the 90's again.

[timonoko]

I had a personal computer in 1975. And radio amateurs had a pocketable device he could make phone calls everywhere in Finland. The coverage was probably better than cell-phones today, because at 7 Mhz. I also had internet address in 1985: [e-mail].

Nothing much else has happened in last 30 years.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/timonoko/102552851/in/album-72...

[username90]

You having a computer or your friend having a cellphone didn't change the world, internet and cellphones becoming cheap and mainstream did.

[ericb]

I have instant access to something approaching the sum total of human knowledge, can navigate to anywhere in the world without a map, can be instantly connected via video to any person in the world, but nothing has changed?

Groceries come to my door. I haven't been to a store in months. I can watch a movie in my hand. I can learn things waiting in line at the grocery store that would have taken a day in the library previously.