ニューヨーク近代美術館さんのインスタグラム写真 - (ニューヨーク近代美術館Instagram)「“Imagine hopping in a time machine and setting the destination for somewhere in Europe circa 1700. Could anyone at the time have prophesied the automobile, nuclear missiles, or Twitter?” It’s no secret that we aren’t great at predicting the future. In 1966, Time magazine declared that “remote shopping, while entirely feasible, will flop.” Four years later, the famous MIT computer scientist Marvin Minsky told Life magazine that within “three to eight years we will have a machine with the general intelligence of an average human being.” And Marty Copper, called the “father of the (handheld) cell phone,” confidently stated in 1981 that “cellular phones will absolutely not replace local wire systems.” Noted philosopher and historian Émile P. Torres looks at humanity’s obsession with futurism, our many flops at predicting future technologies, and the rise of “longtermism” on #MoMAMagazine, link in bio. — O’Neill Cylinder. 1974. Painting by Rick Guidice, NASA Ames Research Center. Courtesy NASA」4月20日 3時31分