Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for July 12, 2012
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July 13, 2012
Transcript:
Danae: Hey, Jeffrey... A lot of the things today were like science fiction to people 50 years ago, right? Jeffrey: Uh-huh. Danae: So what do you think it might be like 50 years from now? Jeffrey: Hmm... Travel by teleportation... reading replaced by a brain plus for data transfer... birth replaced by cloning... and robot slaves who rise up in rebellion, sending humans back to the stone age, except for a small group who commandeer a spaceship and search for a planet to start over. Danae: Um... What about flying cars? Jeffrey: Well, now that's just crazy talk.
There are a lot of non-readers who’ve been unplugged from their brain plugs a long time ago. All they know is what the talking heads tell them.