The Futures We Were Promised

People who grew up in the fifties and sixties often complain that they never got the flying cars or jet packs that they were promised everyone would have in the future.  While I'm sure that was disappointing, they should spare a thought for those who grew up in the thirties and forties.  Those poor folks have to deal with living in a future where we have the technology for Dick Tracy wrist radios, we just don't bother making them.