Life in 2008

[Thruster]

Seems as though the author's view of 40 in the future is as rosy as our recollections of 40 years past.

[Charon]

Sensors in kitchen appliances, climatizing units, communicators, power supply and other household utilities warn the computer when the item is likely to fail. A repairman will show up even before any obvious breakdown occurs.

This is actually starting to become more common with IP enabled commercial and industrial equipment.

People have more time for leisure activities in the year 2008. The average work day is about four hours. But the extra time isn’t totally free. The pace of technological advance is such that a certain amount of a jobholder’s spare time is used in keeping up with the new developments—on the average, about two hours of home study a day.

LOL. We are probably even more productive than the article suggested, only instead of the 4-hour work day we have the downstaffed workforce doing 2x the work for the price of 1

Charon

[68Wooley]

Other conveniences ease kitchenwork. The housewife simply determines in advance her menus for the week, then slips prepackaged meals into the freezer and lets the automatic food utility do the rest.

Ah the good old days...