Predicting the future is hard, and, unless if you're a psychic (which you're not, because they don't exist), then it's even harder to predict the outcome of certain technological advancements. Which will survive? Which will be adopted by the masses and become part of mainstream technology? Think about that while you watch a movie on your LaserDisk or Betamax players.
Here's a list of failed technology predictions that were oh-so-wrong:
“With over fifteen types of foreign cars already on sale here, the Japanese auto industry isn't likely to carve out a big share of the market for itself.” — Business Week, 1968
“By 1985, machines will be capable of doing any work Man can do.” — Herbert A. Simon, 1965
“Everything that can be invented has been invented.” — Charles Duell, US patent office, 1899
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