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"As the rate of technological development speeds up, the gap between science fiction and what we’re living now is getting narrower all the time."
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Very early description of this idea; it appears to be complete in itself (the picture does not require a projector to put the image onto the sheet),
Even college undergrads preferred to watch events on television:
What was the end result of giving people no reason to leave their homes?
This prediction is all the more amazing when you consider what television with just 30 scan lines of resolution looked like in the 1920's:
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