Flat-screen TVs reached the mainstream in the late nineties. Ditto for HD television. And voice-activated personal assistants that could dim lights, draw blinds, and make phone calls really didn’t hit the big time until a few years ago.
But this 1989 episode of the home improvement show “This Old House” almost perfectly predicts the future years before these things came into our lives — including having to ask Alexa twice to do something. (It’s almost too perfect…🤔)
Perhaps it’s the fact that these technologies were around for DECADES before coming to consumers that made these predictions possible. Or — just maybe — someone had a functioning DeLorean time machine to help. I like to think it was option two. — [eric]
