{"id":870,"date":"2007-04-30T20:07:00","date_gmt":"2007-04-30T20:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=870"},"modified":"2010-04-04T12:07:45","modified_gmt":"2010-04-04T18:07:45","slug":"postcards-from-the-future-that-never-was","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=870","title":{"rendered":"Postcards from the Future that Never Was"},"content":{"rendered":"

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From a German chocolate maker in 1900, postcards showing life in 2000<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Thank the gods we never got to the personal flying machines, when you consider how some people drive in just two dimensions.<\/p>\n

The source is Paleo-Future<\/a>, a blog that looks into “the future that never was.” (Via Making Light<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From a German chocolate maker in 1900, postcards showing life in 2000. Thank the gods we never got to the personal flying machines, when you consider how some people drive in just two dimensions. The source is Paleo-Future, a blog that looks into “the future that never was.” (Via Making Light.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[119,22],"class_list":["post-870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-future","tag-weirdness"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6xQTg-e2","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1487,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1487","url_meta":{"origin":870,"position":0},"title":"Cruising into the Future that Was Not","author":"Chas S. 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