[HN Gopher] 1966: UK schoolkids imagine life in the year 2000 [v...
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       1966: UK schoolkids imagine life in the year 2000 [video]
        
       Author : open-source-ux
       Score  : 7 points
       Date   : 2022-06-05 21:11 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | open-source-ux wrote:
       | Some quotes from the kids:
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       | " _I think there is going to be all this automation, people are
       | going to be out of work._ "
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       | " _People will be regarded more as statistics and as actual
       | people._ "
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       | " _They 're not going to have so many square houses, more curves
       | and artistic designs instead of boxes like they've got
       | nowadays._"
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       | " _People wouldn 't be able to live in ordinary houses because it
       | would take up too much room. It'd have to be in flats piled on
       | top of one another and the houses would be rather small and
       | everything would be very cramped._"
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       | " _Sheep and cows and livestock - they 'll be kept in batteries.
       | They won't be allowed to graze on pasture, they'll be kept in
       | buildings, all together, all in one big building and artificially
       | reared so they'll yield a larger, be bigger._"
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       | Some of the predictions reflect preoccupations of the time like
       | atomic bombs and overpopulation. It's interesting that most (not
       | all) predictions err more on a pessimistic outlook.
        
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