I think it's very relevant to mention "The Future of Programming", a recent talk roleplayed as if it were 1973, with a lot of excitement over the recent developments in computer science, and discussing how the next 40 years would be... only to realize that, 40 years later, we haven't caught up many of these innovations

Watch it, it's short, funny, and food for thought: http://worrydream.com/dbx/