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Dumb is the New Smart September 11, 2007

So why don’t we live in the Jetsons house?

Why don’t we live in the World Fair ‘House of the Future? And while we’re at it, where’s my Jet-Pack?

We were promised magnificent machines which would simplify our life at the touch of a button, all the worlds knowledge at our fingertips, instant communication and jet-packs, while some of these promises have been delivered (but usually not as originally envisioned), others are disappointingly absent from our lives.

 

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