[extropy-chat] Futures Past

[Samantha Atkins]

On Oct 9, 2005, at 1:03 PM, Harvey Newstrom wrote:

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> On Oct 9, 2005, at 2:37 PM, Samantha Atkins wrote:
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>> Thanks for keeping and posting this, Greg.   It makes for  
>> interesting Sunday morning reading.
>>
>> What hits me from this list is that for all the predictions we  
>> have thus far (2015 is 10 years away) missed, we have exceeded  
>> some predictions and likely to reach many others by 2015.  So some  
>> things came a wee bit later.  Yeah we don't have smart roads and  
>> VR is still not great, cryogenics hasn't improved that much, space  
>> development sucks and so on.
>>
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> So what exactly has arrived faster than we expected?  You listed  
> all the obvious delays, but has anything really arrived sooner than  
> expected?
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2005
     50 GB HD common < 60 - 250 GB common on desktops
     genetic engineered pets banned < no ban

OK.  I am underwhelmed.

- s