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Re:Film made in 1967 about 1999 by jgrahamc on Tuesday April 21, 2015 @01:16PM (#9415510)
In 1967 we imagined a future in which everything has been automated so that preexisting roles could be carried out as before. Wife will cook, buy clothes; husband will shake his head at all the money wife is spending and be the spending decision maker.

Film is interesting from a technology perspective but also for what it says about society.

Re:Film made in 1967 about 1999 by morbius on Tuesday April 21, 2015 @01:27PM (#9415591)
It's very interesting to note how futurists always nail the technological changes but ignore or otherwise turn a blind eye to sweeping societal upheavals that are far more difficult to predict. The archetypal patriarchal, white nuclear family is far less common than it was in the 60s, and use cases for appliances are typically genderless. Sure, there are still disproportionately more women in ads for cleaning products than men, but the growth of residential technology isn't centred around the sexist assumption that women are exclusively full-time homemakers as presented in the video. Instead, it's more or less adapted to the relatively egalitarian standards we live by today.
Re:Film made in 1967 about 1999 by rglovejoy on Tuesday April 21, 2015 @01:38PM (#9415675)
The movie also had the computer telling the boy that he flunked. Back in 1967, they didn't predict that by 1999, every child would get a trophy just for showing up.
Re:Film made in 1967 about 1999 by cbd1984 on Thursday April 23, 2015 @10:21PM (#9431078)
Yep, it's so lucky for you that you just happened to have been born into the last generation that was really, truly human, isn't it?
Re:Film made in 1967 about 1999 by morbius on Tuesday April 21, 2015 @02:04PM (#9415824)
Or rather it didn't predict that in 1999 there would be more provisions for people with learning difficulties and special needs? Don't be so knee-jerk, there's a damned good reason for why we try not to harm kids' self-esteem anymore-- it doesn't work.
Re:Film made in 1967 about 1999 by meric on Tuesday April 21, 2015 @10:23PM (#9418355)
I doubt pumping up children's self-esteem without developing their self-worth is going to work either.
Re:Film made in 1967 about 1999 by cbd1984 on Thursday April 23, 2015 @10:22PM (#9431083)
If you think that's what's happening, you haven't been paying attention.
Re:Film made in 1967 about 1999 by henrikschroder on Tuesday April 21, 2015 @01:51PM (#9415754)
The Jetsons is a fantastic example of this, it's literally 60's White Suburban America, but in space!