A view of century 21. Foreword by Louis T. Benezet.

By: Series: Claremont annual lectures ; 1969.Claremont, Calif. Published by Claremont University Center for The Claremont Colleges, 1969Description: 85 p. 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • CB161 .R62
Summary: Mostly prediction but includes a technological eutopia. In “A View of The Future--A Fictional Preview” (20-27) Los Angeles has banned the internal combustion engine, highways are automated. Large buildings house both companies and their workers with 300,000 people living in a single building. Free underground public transportation. The distinction between weekdays and weekends has been abolished and everyone works four days out of the seven. Schools are largely computerized with access twenty-four hours a day seven days a week, and students work at their own pace. Medical care and finances will also be mostly computerized.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
BOOK BOOK NCAR Library Mesa Lab CB161 .R62 1969 1 Available 50583020000661
Total holds: 0

Mostly prediction but includes a technological eutopia. In “A View of The Future--A Fictional Preview” (20-27) Los Angeles has banned the internal combustion engine, highways are automated. Large buildings house both companies and their workers with 300,000 people living in a single building. Free underground public transportation. The distinction between weekdays and weekends has been abolished and everyone works four days out of the seven. Schools are largely computerized with access twenty-four hours a day seven days a week, and students work at their own pace. Medical care and finances will also be mostly computerized.

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