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Sat 07 Jul 2010Magic of mobile phones and Wi-Fi foreseen 100 years ago
CONSIDERING THAT Germans invented the concept of fear of the future ( zukunftsangst), it’s remarkable to see how confident and optimistic they once were about the world of tomorrow.
In 1910, leading German thinkers, scientists and artists collaborated on a remarkable vision of the future in the book The World in 100 Years.
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