Science Fiction, 1892 style

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WHAT HE GOT WRONG

+ Control of the weather to ensure good sporting conditions

Almost right. ;-)

+ A society of leisure where people work less than ever

Ah, he must have thought people in power would be less greedy in the future, rather than more greedy as has been the case. Otherwise this could easily be true.

+ A world obsessed by golf

But golf courses take up precious real estate land.

-zudo

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redrumloa wrote:

WHAT HE GOT WRONG
+ A society of leisure where people work less than ever

Wrong? he got that right! The average workday for a commoner in 1892 would have been 12-16+ hours, 7 days a week. Today it's ~8 hour with a 40 hour work week.

Well, yeah. But a 40 hour week isn't exactly "leisurely" in my book :-).

And besides, that's only counting the more privileged societies in the world. There are many people still living in the 1890's (and worse.) Oops, there I go again  :-P