Here’s a clip from a 1967 episode of “The 21st Century,” a CBS primetime news hour hosted by Walter Cronkite, in which we’re shown the home of the future.
The show gave us a peek at how technology would change our lives — from big-screen 3D television to robots to clean up your mess to a kitchen device that not only prepared your food but also molded plastic plates for each meal. This segment highlights the home office of the future, from a time when doing your job without leaving your house was as alien a concept as women having a job in the first place (all of Cronkite’s work references are to men).
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What is truly sad is that we are there…we have the technology to work from home, but bosses still insist we waste hours a week getting up early, dressing up, and driving in traffic to the office. I guess they love my smiling face.
Loved that series when I was growing up.
Wish CBS would put the entire series up on-line.
Having all the rooms of your house wired for CC TV is kind of creepy.