The Internet, According to 1976

In the 1970s, there was a lot of speculation about where all the new telecommunications technology was headed (The Confetti Generation is one of my favorites) -- but here, with scans on Flickr*, is foresight of the internet, via Smithsonian Magazine, 1976:



* Why do people insist on uploading images of text and articles to Flickr? Aside from being a clunky way to share photos, it's the worst way to share sequential or informational content. I almost didn't want to link to this guy's scans, because it's the most horrible way to do what he was trying to do. Stop putting non-photos on Flickr, people.