(Image: Paul McDevitt)
The future of the past
BROWSING a street market in London’s East End, Feedback’s eye was caught by two slim volumes entitled The World in 1984. They turned out to contain predictions published in Â鶹´«Ã½, the first printed 50 years ago this week, about how the world might look 20 years on. Of the 99 contributions many were by Great Men, and six-and-a-half by women (taking account of a wife-and-husband team).
In retrospect, 1964 was a watershed. On one side lay the techno-optimism of the 1950s: though we spotted no mention of personal jet…
