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cafebabe writes:

Many Soylentils may think that futurology in video format is pointless. However, a small cadre of futurologists have enthusiastically assembled predictions as clips and/or slideshows; often with futuristic music. My introduction to this minor artform was HayenMill's predictions about the 2010s, 2020s and 2030s. deanmullen10 has been making predictions in this format for seven years. The early ones are low-resolution crud but the 7th iteration has a particularly funky music mix and covers decades from the 2010s to the 2090s then more sparsely to the 24th century, and one further set of distant predictions.

The 8th iteration of predictions is due to be uploaded on Fri 11 Jan 2019. I'm looking forward to this because I find the format inspiring and uplifting. The demoscene, house style music is also quite good when programming. The 6th edition's predictions for the 2050s has a representative selection of the music although many find that to be sonic noise.

Other scenarios from deanmullen10 include the sudden collapse of a large Silicon Valley company due to loss of goodwill, alien invasion, and some amusingly inaccurate predictions in the same format (with some suitably retro-futuristic music), extrapolated from the 1980s. In the 1980s, the BBC was a comedy goldmine for inaccurate predictions; mostly through broadcasts about technology. This included waiters using touch screens. Further back, car navigation using a tachometer and an audio cassette, the bedside teletype, and the cashless society. Although, a particular favorite is cutting trees with lasers. It also featured 3D audio. (Whatever happened to that?)

In the season of New Year's Resolutions, it is the season to look back at looking forward. The four day working week has been predicted since at least the 1930s and legal cannabis cultivation throughout the US has been predicted since at least the 1960s. However, self-driving cars, flying cars, home robots, and fusion power remain Real Soon Now.

Original Submission

1. "cafebabe" - https://soylentnews.org/~cafebabe/
2. "HayenMill" - https://www.youtube.com/user/HayenMill/videos
3. "predictions about the 2010s" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4YDcx3aP20
4. "2020s" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Lmd3l0W5JI
5. "2030s" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdtKUW94tVA
6. "deanmullen10" - https://www.youtube.com/user/deanmullen10/videos
7. "decades from the 2010s" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0On_dewNZk
8. "2090s" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s13saMJmmvc
9. "8th iteration of predictions is due to be uploaded on Fri 11 Jan 2019" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeA_S89WCTs
10. "demoscene" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demoscene
11. "house style music" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_music
12. "The 6th edition's predictions for the 2050s has a representative selection of the music" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcJ5hIP3UnY
13. "sudden collapse of a large Silicon Valley company due to loss of goodwill" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iDHV6-JjC4
14. "alien invasion" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LytjlqcjVko
15. "some amusingly inaccurate predictions in the same format (with some suitably retro-futuristic music), extrapolated from the 1980s" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FITnI7B8OUk
16. "broadcasts about technology" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomorrow's_World
17. "waiters using touch screens" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK6iKfstF40
18. "car navigation using a tachometer and an audio cassette" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KliWHCzE16c
19. "bedside teletype" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJ6SbvrjxZA
20. "cashless society" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSTMraoURco
21. "cutting trees with lasers" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KT_8-pjuctM
22. "3D audio" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUZP6AHUzx8#t=14m51s
23. "Whatever happened to that?" - https://soylentnews.org/~cafebabe/journal/2494
24. "New Year's Resolutions" - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=18/12/26/1421226
25. "look back at looking forward" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZIOGPoFUmw
26. "The four day working week" - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=18/12/21/0717221
27. "legal cannabis cultivation throughout the US" - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=18/12/27/0535203
28. "flying cars" - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=19/01/02/0455248
29. "Original Submission" - https://soylentnews.org/submit.pl?op=viewsub&subid=30992

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