Check out Will Life Be Worth Living In 2,000AD? Boy were they out to lunch on a lot of their predictions. The line "Mail and newspapers will be reproduced instantly anywhere in the world by facsimile." pretty much predicts the internet, but other than that I'm not sure about the science in this article. Are things really so easy that people "die from sheer boredom?" I don't think so. However, I would like a 24 hour work week (but more cash). And the bit about refrigerted garbage is right on ... we seem to have a lot of that. Anyone up for 20 pounds of frozen blueberries?