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To: sparklite2

There is an old science fiction story, probably 1950ies with the premise that technology has degraded and partially an illusion with cars that can only go at slow speeds because they are so poorly made, but with sound effects that make them seem to go much faster.


5 posted on 01/22/2015 12:12:14 PM PST by Truth29
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To: Truth29

Kornbluth’s “The Marching Morons”


6 posted on 01/22/2015 12:13:43 PM PST by Corey Ohlis (Visualize Swirled Peas)
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To: Truth29

how I loved the science fiction of that era.

so predictive in many instances


7 posted on 01/22/2015 12:13:49 PM PST by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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