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The future of the past
BROWSING a street market in London’s East End, Feedback’s eye was caught by two slim volumes entitled The World in 1984. They turned out to contain predictions published in New Scientist, the first printed 50 years ago this week, about how the world might look 20 years on. Of the 99 contributions many were by Great Men, and six-and-a-half by women (taking account of a wife-and-husband team).
In retrospect, 1964 was a watershed. On one side lay the techno-optimism of the 1950s: though we spotted no mention of personal jet…
