AT&T was pretty close to the truth

In 1993 AT&T ran a couple ads explaining what you could do in the future (of course, AT&T would bring it to you).

They were pretty spot on, but to be fair, the technology trend was already heading down those paths. They of course, had the insight, because they were in the "know" due to R&D.

All in all, when you think about it, it's pretty amazing where we are from where we came in as little as 15 years. Science and technology are progressing at a rate unheard of in the history of the world. We're curing diseases faster than they can be discovered. We're increasing the average life expectancy at a rate of 40% of the time it takes to do it (thus, if you were born today, theoretically, your ALE by the time you're intended to die at age 75, will have gone up another 40% by the time you get to D-Day, assuming the same trend continues).

Of course, we were lied to. We were told we'd be making a better world. And in some respects, we have. We need more funding towards enforcing net neutrality, Stem Cell research, and exploration (space and ocean). That's our future.

The internet's wonder is it's neutral platform, what happens when everyone on earth is able to communicate at the speed of light without worry of being jailed as a result of something they've said or seen online.

Stem Cell research (and many other scientific advances that have been blue balled by government, specifically America's last administration) is the key to improving our physical well being.

Space and Ocean exploration is the answer to coping with an increasingly diminishing supply of natural resources.

It's an uncertain future. I, for one, have faith in humanity. Perhaps these dreams won't be realized in my lifetime, but if we can affect the change required to ensure that our children, and children's children have the bright future we were promised, I'll chalk that up into the win column.