Re: A view of powerful cities in dated history, as seen through Science Fiction - A C Clarke
BiologyMajor <[email protected]>
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On 8/21/2020 7:53 PM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote: > In article <[email protected]>, > Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) <[email protected]> wrote: >> In article <[email protected]>, a425couple >> <[email protected]> writes: >> >>> It seems to me that in a great number of areas >>> Arthur C. Clarke was great at predicting the future >>> (geosynchronous orbit satellites etc.). >> >> Yes. Except for the word "internet", he described essentially all the >> ramifications of it. He even has a short story about internet porn. >> > > And how it will destroy civilization. > Society is awash with it. These days kids have access to the entirety of the Internet, porn and all. They're growing up faster then ever, light speed faster. How will this effect the next generation? To paraphrase Ronald Reagan... 'Are we better off now than we were before the Internet?' -- https://twitter.com/Non_Linear1