Subj : the machine stops
To   : Tony Langdon
From : August Abolins
Date : Mon Jul 08 2019 08:04 pm

Hello Tony!

** 08.07.19 - 15:34, Tony Langdon wrote to August Abolins:

 TL>It's amazing how prophetic some science fiction was, when written at a
 TL>time long before we even looked like having the means to create the
 TL>technology.

Yes.. you said it spot on with "long before we even looked like having the
means to create the technology".  It would have been interesting to know  
what spurred those visions and if there was anything else they could  
share.

My adventure began when I wondered what was the earliest vision of  
internet documented anywhere.


 AA>> A short story by Mark Twain in 1898 (published in 1904) might even
 AA>> contain an earlier imaginging of the internet or social media in
 AA>> greater detail. But I haven't read that one, yet.

 TL>Looks like some reading coming up. :)

Regarding Twain, look for the sci-fi crime story entitled "From The  
'London Times' in 1904".  It actually depicts internet and social media  
usage very close to how we use it today.


 TL>... Don't hit me, Mr. Moderator... I'll go back on topic... I swear!

This place is for the discussion of future technology (albiet how it might  
be applied to fidonet)

Maybe we can use a Forster or a Twain here!  LOL


  ../|ug

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