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Arthur C. Clarke Talks about Satellites, SETI, Remote Work, and Wrist Radios (1976 Video)
23 August 2024 at 09:49
He was, of course, right about the impact of satellites, but he was the inventor of the geo-stationary concept. I wonder how he would react to the low-earth orbit Starlink system we are now using.
He coments about how contact with extraterrestrial civilizations could come at any time, but notes that false alarms are common -- this made me think of recent explanations of the famous "Wow!" signal.
His "Communicate don't Commute" idea seems to foreshadow the "remote work" via Zoom that kicked in during the pandemic.
And he talks about Dick Tracy-like wrist radios. I sort of have one now (thanks to Elisa), in the form of my Apple Watch. But it may be that putting a camera in there would be a bit too much...
