Comments on: 1993 AT&T Ad Predicts the Future with Amazing Accuracy! https://www.ourchurch.com/blog/1993-att-ad-predicts-the-future-with-amazin-accuracy/ A look at how trends in communication technology impact individuals and organizations. Thu, 09 Feb 2023 12:03:58 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Troy Mickins https://www.ourchurch.com/blog/1993-att-ad-predicts-the-future-with-amazin-accuracy/#comment-670296 Sat, 29 Jun 2013 01:38:19 +0000 https://www.ourchurch.com/blog/?p=24462#comment-670296 I think our communications tech will continue to advance at a fast pace. The work that Google is doing with Project Loon if successful, will connect areas of the globe that are now outside of the grid. My hope is once internet access is universal, it will somehow play a role in improving the human condition in ways we haven't seen before. In any case, I'm enjoying the present but looking forward to the future!

]]> By: Lorne Williams https://www.ourchurch.com/blog/1993-att-ad-predicts-the-future-with-amazin-accuracy/#comment-669546 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 01:10:00 +0000 https://www.ourchurch.com/blog/?p=24462#comment-669546 Amazing how many are exactly right. And in only 20 years!

]]> By: Mark https://www.ourchurch.com/blog/1993-att-ad-predicts-the-future-with-amazin-accuracy/#comment-669470 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 18:16:44 +0000 https://www.ourchurch.com/blog/?p=24462#comment-669470 In reply to bellybuster.

You have a very good ear 🙂

]]> By: Paul Steinbrueck https://www.ourchurch.com/blog/1993-att-ad-predicts-the-future-with-amazin-accuracy/#comment-669400 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 11:54:59 +0000 https://www.ourchurch.com/blog/?p=24462#comment-669400 In reply to bellybuster.

Yes, good ear.

]]> By: bellybuster https://www.ourchurch.com/blog/1993-att-ad-predicts-the-future-with-amazin-accuracy/#comment-669293 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 03:08:59 +0000 https://www.ourchurch.com/blog/?p=24462#comment-669293 that was Tom Selleck's voice!

]]> By: marcelaubron https://www.ourchurch.com/blog/1993-att-ad-predicts-the-future-with-amazin-accuracy/#comment-669002 Sat, 22 Jun 2013 10:03:39 +0000 https://www.ourchurch.com/blog/?p=24462#comment-669002 I think "Brave New World" and "1984" were pretty decent predictions as well – you just have to be lucky on the year 😉

AT&T went pretty lucky; they just didn't realise people's laziness would lead to all of those options being bundled in one device, the smartphone. And even that won't last, not the way we know it. We'll have a rollout option combining smartphone, tablet, eReader and keyboard in less than two to three years. If people are lazy enough …

I don't believe in trends. You can make money out of them as long as they last but there will come a time when you don't want to do that anymore.

]]> By: Dr. Hansjörg Leichsenring https://www.ourchurch.com/blog/1993-att-ad-predicts-the-future-with-amazin-accuracy/#comment-668993 Sat, 22 Jun 2013 08:04:14 +0000 https://www.ourchurch.com/blog/?p=24462#comment-668993 Great finding. 1954 GE produced a Video which was also full of nice predictions.

I quoted it in my blog http://www.der-bank-blog.de/?p=6689

Cheers from Germany

Hansjörg

]]> By: transcendev https://www.ourchurch.com/blog/1993-att-ad-predicts-the-future-with-amazin-accuracy/#comment-668939 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 22:25:32 +0000 https://www.ourchurch.com/blog/?p=24462#comment-668939 In reply to PaulSteinbrueck.

I'm not holding my breath that they make it here by then. Self re-sizing clothes and auto-lacing shoes are also necessary by then 😉

]]> By: PaulSteinbrueck https://www.ourchurch.com/blog/1993-att-ad-predicts-the-future-with-amazin-accuracy/#comment-668929 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 21:16:56 +0000 https://www.ourchurch.com/blog/?p=24462#comment-668929 In reply to laurindanyintro.

Keeping up with trends can be a full time job. That's why we try to analyze and report on trends here – so that you and other readers can save time while staying up on things.

]]> By: PaulSteinbrueck https://www.ourchurch.com/blog/1993-att-ad-predicts-the-future-with-amazin-accuracy/#comment-668927 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 21:14:12 +0000 https://www.ourchurch.com/blog/?p=24462#comment-668927 In reply to Harold Gardner.

Harold, I would agree that figuring out your message is the most important thing. Unfortunately, though,I have seen lots of organizations that do good work and have a good message miss the boat on the delivery.

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