That's pretty spot on, I'm especially impressed by the "every hour" news, which has absolutely been a thing for news casts for a while now.
I wonder how he would have responded to the ability for instant news? And every hour becoming kind of old fashioned.Right! I think the only thing they missed is airplanes just not being necessary for delivery (unless you count in-flight wi-fi). And the grammaphone was just leapfrogged; the first news radio broadcast was only 7 years after this cartoon
And the grammaphone was just leapfrogged; the first news radio broadcast was only 7 years after this cartoon
These phone services were the current tech when the strip was printed.
We do have small aircraft (drones) being used for deliveries now though, so not completely wrong
They didn’t predict newspapers will contain so many ads it’s almost unusable.
Also, each newspaper is distributed by individual articles, so each article has to be low quality bait.
I have to use one hand for my phone while eating, look what they took from us 😭
Your phone can do text to speech. And it can play radio.
Counterpoint: Podcasts
And a happy future today to you too:-)
The tiny newspaper is littered with advertisements that you gotta block by wearing these specially glasses.
