Visions of the Future Onscreen vs. Reality - What Came True?

From flying cars to colonizing Mars, humanity has always tried to imagine what the future would be like. Stories in movies and TV shows can help us imagine this future, and even inspire reality. But while some visions of the future have come true, some other predictions from movies and TV haven’t held up so well. Here’s what we’ve gotten wrong—and right—about the future, as well as the predictions we’re still making today.

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00:00 Envisioning the future
00:40 A.I., cellphones, & other "smart" technology
06:04 Future transportation (where are the flying cars?!)
09:45 Can we really live forever?
11:56 Why are future cities always dystopian?
13:51 Imagining a *better* future

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