Category Archives: The Jetsons

Foresight Is 2020

Posted on January 5, 2020 by Nathan

2020 always just sounded so far in the future when I was a kid. Really, even 2000 still had a bit of awe-inspiring mysticism about it, but I remember most of my childhood interest in a science fiction sort of … Continue reading →

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Let There Be Jobs

Posted on October 8, 2016 by Nathan

I found a link on Twitter to this article, which raises some points I’ve thought about before, and also some others I hadn’t really. I’ve considered before the possibility that there just aren’t enough jobs to go around in the … Continue reading →

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What Will Haven Be

Posted on October 26, 2015 by Nathan

One thing I’ve seen noted about the future in Back to the Future Part II is that it more or less assumed certain trends would continue in the same way. Inflation was particularly bad in the 1980s, so there were … Continue reading →

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Bad News, Nobody

Posted on September 6, 2013 by Nathan

Throughout its run, Futurama has had several of what could be considered series finalés. “The Devil’s Hands Are Idle Playthings” was the end of the original run on Fox. Into the Wild Green Yonder marked the last of the direct-to-video … Continue reading →

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They Put a Microchip in My Place

Posted on July 26, 2013 by Nathan

I made a quick comment on self checkouts recently, which resulted in a debate on Facebook. I’m really not that opposed to self checkout in particular, aside from the fact that they rarely seem to work correctly, but it’s more … Continue reading →

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Even in the Future, Nothing Works

Posted on June 23, 2013 by Nathan

The Jetsons is an interesting show in many ways, but its characters aren’t really among them. Compared to their obvious predecessors, the Flintstones, the Jetson family comes across as rather flat, people who have things happen to them rather than … Continue reading →

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