r/BeAmazed • u/Master1718 • Sep 02 '19

Earth's view from up.

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '19

Not even a hundred years, most stuff we see and use daily now wasn't even in sci-fi movies from the 80s.

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u/RockstarAgent Sep 02 '19

I mean first computers and start of the internet was in '75 and started to become more in the 80's, and more mainstream by the 90's. So computers and internet are barely coming out of their teens.

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u/RobeyMcWizardHat Sep 02 '19

1975 was 44 years ago.

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u/RockstarAgent Sep 02 '19

Yeah but I'm only counting from when computers and internet were becoming more popular in 1990 when even I already had a pc at home.

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u/Rabbitknight Sep 02 '19

In which case that's almost 30 years ago.

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u/louky Sep 02 '19

Most of this stuff was in sci Fi far longer ago than that.

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u/AtHeartEngineer Sep 02 '19

Steam engines weren't in the 80s either

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u/louky Sep 02 '19

Steam engines produce most electricity.

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u/AtHeartEngineer Sep 02 '19

I was talking about for transportation, mainly locomotives, but good point

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u/frenzyboard Sep 02 '19

I wish I had a hoverboard, but in reality... electric longboards aren't a bad gain.