The Wonderful Future That Never Was is centered around imagining what kind of technology mankind would be able to implement in the future. One thing that stuck out to me about the book was the section about the cities of the future. It seems that the people in the 20th century were infatuated with the ideas of cities reminiscent of Coruscant, with towering skyscrapers and flying cars. I think the people of that time certainly had the "bigger is better'"attitude. Something that sticks out to me quite prominently is the 1928 prediction of cities with different levels. There was a separate level for restaurants, schools, offices, aircraft landing fields, pedestrians, slow motor traffic and fast motor traffic. This is something that would be cool to see in reality, though I don't know how plausible the underground levels would be with todays cars because of the risk associated with exhaust fumes.
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