I remember when I was in school all the histrionics about overpopulation, and how we were overcrowding the planet, and all the dire consequences, blah, blah, blah. War! Famine! Pestilence! Oh my!
Not so fast. Turns out the big population problem of the 21st century is actually underpopulation. There is a growing consensus that this will become a very serious issue.
And whatever happened to Toffler and all the other hysterical "futurists" of the 60's and 70's? Why aren't they ever held to account for getting the future so spectacularly wrong?
I also remember as a kid reading magazines like Popular Mechanics and some other sci-fi stuff, promising all kinds of neat stuff for the 21st century. I want my flying car!