Comments on: 1975: And The Changes To Come http://derrickbostrom.com/bostrom/2008/02/12/1975-and-the-changes-to-come/ Trash, Treasure, Oddities, Obsessions and Obligations Mon, 21 May 2012 16:05:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: “Libraries will ultimately be forced to use computers” (Barach, 1962) http://derrickbostrom.com/bostrom/2008/02/12/1975-and-the-changes-to-come/comment-page-1/#comment-42528 “Libraries will ultimately be forced to use computers” (Barach, 1962) Sun, 14 Nov 2010 22:05:20 +0000 http://derrickbostrom.com/bostrom/2008/02/12/1975-and-the-changes-to-come/#comment-42528 <p>[...] ☛ 1975: And The Changes To Come by Arnold B. Barach, Harper & Brothers Publishers: New York, 1962: “Reference Finder” (originally scanned and uploaded by Derrick Bostrom) [...]</p> [...] ☛ 1975: And The Changes To Come by Arnold B. Barach, Harper & Brothers Publishers: New York, 1962: “Reference Finder” (originally scanned and uploaded by Derrick Bostrom) [...]

]]> By: mental_floss Blog » The Year 1975 (As Predicted By 1962) http://derrickbostrom.com/bostrom/2008/02/12/1975-and-the-changes-to-come/comment-page-1/#comment-22421 mental_floss Blog » The Year 1975 (As Predicted By 1962) Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:06:17 +0000 http://derrickbostrom.com/bostrom/2008/02/12/1975-and-the-changes-to-come/#comment-22421 <p>[...] We here at Mental_floss love to uncover visions of the future — especially when that “future” is already long past. (Consider, for example, this post about the year 2000, as predicted by Europeans at the turn of the 20th century.) Derrick Bostrom recently uncovered a book of tech and lifestyle predictions for the year 1975, made all the more absurd by the fact that it was published only 13 years prior. What follows are some pictures and captions from 1975: And the Changes to Come by Arnold B. Barach. (You can see the whole collection on Bostrom’s site.) [...]</p> [...] We here at Mental_floss love to uncover visions of the future — especially when that “future” is already long past. (Consider, for example, this post about the year 2000, as predicted by Europeans at the turn of the 20th century.) Derrick Bostrom recently uncovered a book of tech and lifestyle predictions for the year 1975, made all the more absurd by the fact that it was published only 13 years prior. What follows are some pictures and captions from 1975: And the Changes to Come by Arnold B. Barach. (You can see the whole collection on Bostrom’s site.) [...]

]]> By: Inside the house of the future from the BBC « RSM Thailand - Interactive English http://derrickbostrom.com/bostrom/2008/02/12/1975-and-the-changes-to-come/comment-page-1/#comment-18967 Inside the house of the future from the BBC « RSM Thailand - Interactive English Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:48:51 +0000 http://derrickbostrom.com/bostrom/2008/02/12/1975-and-the-changes-to-come/#comment-18967 <p>[...] Beware…predictions like this are often wrong in more ways than they are right. For a different perspective take a look at the picture below which is from the book “1975: And the Changes To Come” by Arnold B. Barach. Published in 1962 this book tried to predict what the world would be like in 1975. You can find more information and pictures from this book here. [...]</p> [...] Beware…predictions like this are often wrong in more ways than they are right. For a different perspective take a look at the picture below which is from the book “1975: And the Changes To Come” by Arnold B. Barach. Published in 1962 this book tried to predict what the world would be like in 1975. You can find more information and pictures from this book here. [...]

]]> By: Can you imagine a world with Toaster Bacon? | Royal Bacon Society - The Ultimate Bacon Resource http://derrickbostrom.com/bostrom/2008/02/12/1975-and-the-changes-to-come/comment-page-1/#comment-18236 Can you imagine a world with Toaster Bacon? | Royal Bacon Society - The Ultimate Bacon Resource Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:17:52 +0000 http://derrickbostrom.com/bostrom/2008/02/12/1975-and-the-changes-to-come/#comment-18236 <p>[...] 1975: And the Changes to Come, Mr. Barach explores the many ways our world would change in just less than 15 years. This included [...]</p> [...] 1975: And the Changes to Come, Mr. Barach explores the many ways our world would change in just less than 15 years. This included [...]

]]> By: Give me convenient bacon or give me death | MetaFilter http://derrickbostrom.com/bostrom/2008/02/12/1975-and-the-changes-to-come/comment-page-1/#comment-17773 Give me convenient bacon or give me death | MetaFilter Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:37:54 +0000 http://derrickbostrom.com/bostrom/2008/02/12/1975-and-the-changes-to-come/#comment-17773 <p>[...] Give me convenient bacon or give me death March 27, 2008 1:36 AM   Subscribe Hi-fi spheres, bacon toasters, translated Pravda on demand, and other changes to come in 1975 A.D. [ via Bostworld ] posted by Blazecock Pileon (7 comments total) Bacon in a Toaster. Bacon would be prefried, then hermetically sealed in this design for a future aluminum package. One way to heat it for eating would be to drop it in the toaster; If that thing got stuck in there I'd have to pry it out with a fork. posted by Tube at 1:46 AM on March 27 Heh, good post. Totally failed to predict major 1970s phenomena such as loon pants posted by surfdad at 1:59 AM on March 27 OMGBACON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I really want toastable bacon. posted by BrotherCaine at 2:02 AM on March 27 The future was so much cooler when we didn't live there. posted by louche mustachio at 2:03 AM on March 27 Oven in the Round. Portable oven, by designer Greta Magnusson Grossman, is intended for broiling and baking at the table, on the patio, or in the kitchen. Round half-spheres can be moved in either direction to open or close the oven. Cooking would be by fast radiant heat. Devices such as this point the way to new informality in the home.You have no idea, Mr 1960. We can't even figure out how to have meals anymore, we just irradiate our pre-packed Food Cartons and stuff them into our mouths, half-naked, staring bleary-eyed at our Intertrons until we pass out. The next morning we show up at work where no one wears suits, grab a coffee, and chug it down, half-awake, staring bleary-eyed at our Intertrons until we can go home. Why couldn't we have just been okay with hi-fi spheres and bacon-toasting? posted by blacklite at 2:04 AM on March 27 [2 favorites] OMGBACON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I really want toastable bacon. Instead we get the Bacon Wave. NOT THE SAME. posted by louche mustachio at 2:08 AM on March 27 ...though it may save Blazecock Pileon from death, but only on a technicality. posted by louche mustachio at 2:10 AM on March 27 [...]</p> [...] Give me convenient bacon or give me death March 27, 2008 1:36 AM   Subscribe Hi-fi spheres, bacon toasters, translated Pravda on demand, and other changes to come in 1975 A.D. [ via Bostworld ] posted by Blazecock Pileon (7 comments total) Bacon in a Toaster. Bacon would be prefried, then hermetically sealed in this design for a future aluminum package. One way to heat it for eating would be to drop it in the toaster; If that thing got stuck in there I’d have to pry it out with a fork. posted by Tube at 1:46 AM on March 27 Heh, good post. Totally failed to predict major 1970s phenomena such as loon pants posted by surfdad at 1:59 AM on March 27 OMGBACON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I really want toastable bacon. posted by BrotherCaine at 2:02 AM on March 27 The future was so much cooler when we didn’t live there. posted by louche mustachio at 2:03 AM on March 27 Oven in the Round. Portable oven, by designer Greta Magnusson Grossman, is intended for broiling and baking at the table, on the patio, or in the kitchen. Round half-spheres can be moved in either direction to open or close the oven. Cooking would be by fast radiant heat. Devices such as this point the way to new informality in the home.You have no idea, Mr 1960. We can’t even figure out how to have meals anymore, we just irradiate our pre-packed Food Cartons and stuff them into our mouths, half-naked, staring bleary-eyed at our Intertrons until we pass out. The next morning we show up at work where no one wears suits, grab a coffee, and chug it down, half-awake, staring bleary-eyed at our Intertrons until we can go home. Why couldn’t we have just been okay with hi-fi spheres and bacon-toasting? posted by blacklite at 2:04 AM on March 27 [2 favorites] OMGBACON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I really want toastable bacon. Instead we get the Bacon Wave. NOT THE SAME. posted by louche mustachio at 2:08 AM on March 27 …though it may save Blazecock Pileon from death, but only on a technicality. posted by louche mustachio at 2:10 AM on March 27 [...]

]]> By: The future according to 1962 « [lab]oratory http://derrickbostrom.com/bostrom/2008/02/12/1975-and-the-changes-to-come/comment-page-1/#comment-17772 The future according to 1962 « [lab]oratory Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:49:51 +0000 http://derrickbostrom.com/bostrom/2008/02/12/1975-and-the-changes-to-come/#comment-17772 <p>[...] Again, Bostworld offers us a set of pictures and captions of the year 1975 from the vantage of 1962 (or go direct to the Flickr set). You’ll see some familiar things: computers in libraries and schools, compact stereo sets and microwave-able bacon. However, it also imagined that we would still be plagued by door-to-door salesmen and that women’s jobs are limited to homemaking, teaching and typing. [...]</p> [...] Again, Bostworld offers us a set of pictures and captions of the year 1975 from the vantage of 1962 (or go direct to the Flickr set). You’ll see some familiar things: computers in libraries and schools, compact stereo sets and microwave-able bacon. However, it also imagined that we would still be plagued by door-to-door salesmen and that women’s jobs are limited to homemaking, teaching and typing. [...]

]]> By: Neokrisys, tecnología y cultura geek » ¿Como será el mundo en 1975? http://derrickbostrom.com/bostrom/2008/02/12/1975-and-the-changes-to-come/comment-page-1/#comment-16927 Neokrisys, tecnología y cultura geek » ¿Como será el mundo en 1975? Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:31:09 +0000 http://derrickbostrom.com/bostrom/2008/02/12/1975-and-the-changes-to-come/#comment-16927 <p>[...] El responsable de que hoy estemos aquí hablando de esto es el editor de Bostworld, que se ha preocupado de ir escaneando las fotos del libro y copiando las descripciones de los cacharros en su galería de Flickr "1975 and the changes to come". [...]</p> [...] El responsable de que hoy estemos aquí hablando de esto es el editor de Bostworld, que se ha preocupado de ir escaneando las fotos del libro y copiando las descripciones de los cacharros en su galería de Flickr "1975 and the changes to come". [...]

]]> By: no sense of place :: links for 2008-02-18 http://derrickbostrom.com/bostrom/2008/02/12/1975-and-the-changes-to-come/comment-page-1/#comment-16926 no sense of place :: links for 2008-02-18 Sun, 24 Feb 2008 17:37:33 +0000 http://derrickbostrom.com/bostrom/2008/02/12/1975-and-the-changes-to-come/#comment-16926 <p>[...] 1975: And The Changes To Come at Bostworld (tags: futurism photos history) [...]</p> [...] 1975: And The Changes To Come at Bostworld (tags: futurism photos history) [...]

]]> By: Dave http://derrickbostrom.com/bostrom/2008/02/12/1975-and-the-changes-to-come/comment-page-1/#comment-16807 Dave Sat, 16 Feb 2008 19:39:57 +0000 http://derrickbostrom.com/bostrom/2008/02/12/1975-and-the-changes-to-come/#comment-16807 <p>Those who want to get the dirty lowdown on food irradiation should check out this organization's site (they're consumer-oriented):</p> <p>http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/food/foodirradiation</p> Those who want to get the dirty lowdown on food irradiation should check out this organization’s site (they’re consumer-oriented):

http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/food/foodirradiation

]]> By: 1975. « Tim’s Blog http://derrickbostrom.com/bostrom/2008/02/12/1975-and-the-changes-to-come/comment-page-1/#comment-16804 1975. « Tim’s Blog Sat, 16 Feb 2008 15:02:30 +0000 http://derrickbostrom.com/bostrom/2008/02/12/1975-and-the-changes-to-come/#comment-16804 <p>[...] I feel like I’m stuck in Back to the Future but this post scans some ten cent book called (you guessed it) 1975: And the Changes To Come by Arnold B. Barach which was written somewhere in the early sixties. The idea, if I understand correctly, was to predict some of the major scientific and social progress to come hurtling toward everyone in the next fifteen years. That’s to say before 1975. [...]</p> [...] I feel like I’m stuck in Back to the Future but this post scans some ten cent book called (you guessed it) 1975: And the Changes To Come by Arnold B. Barach which was written somewhere in the early sixties. The idea, if I understand correctly, was to predict some of the major scientific and social progress to come hurtling toward everyone in the next fifteen years. That’s to say before 1975. [...]

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