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Apropos Quote: The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is reason. - Thomas Paine
Sunday, 29 January 2012 07:00
If you're old enough, just mentioning the name is probably enough to start that theme song running through your head. George, with his middle management job at manufacturing firm Spacely Sprockets, Jane, his shopping-crazed wife, pony-tailed teen daughter Judy, super-smart boy Elroy, and that rascal Astro. All of them living in a cloud-level apartment with a flying car and lovable Rosie the robot maid to attend their every need.
And hey they predicted all this back in 1962. They sure nailed it. Or not.
The funny thing is, if you ask someone what the Jetsons got wrong, they always bring up that car, or maybe Rosie. Like everyone else, I'm still craving my chance to soar into the office and lord knows the place could do with a little robotly love, but that's not where the 60s vision of the future really skewed away from 21st century reality. It's the human beings that are ridiculous today, not their gadgets. I'm not just talking about how the attitudes toward women were lifted straight out of the the TV 50s.
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