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@kevinburdekin3632
@kevinburdekin3632 2 жыл бұрын
Arthur C Clarke lived to 2008 so he lived long enough to see his communication prediction come true. What a genius!
@chrismurphy8383
@chrismurphy8383 2 жыл бұрын
but where are my monkey servants?
@zetacrucis681
@zetacrucis681 2 жыл бұрын
@@chrismurphy8383 In Thailand.
@dartmoorkid4797
@dartmoorkid4797 2 жыл бұрын
What prediction in particular? I thought the only one that came close was that some of us can now work from home. Also he needs to get his theology sorted out. On the ond hand he talks about the evolution of man above primates, and then refers to the curse of Adam. Make your mind up Arthur!
@m.b.82
@m.b.82 2 жыл бұрын
He pretty much invented the coms satellite by the way.
@SMGJohn
@SMGJohn 2 жыл бұрын
Wireless communication and computer communication was already predicted in the late 19th century, people foresaw methods of sending written messages and viewing them on screens, storing memories, real time video, VoP and much more. Because, when one understands rudimentary computer science, all of this becomes logical, in fact, even now its logical to suggest that computers will keep growing smaller and smaller, and soon integrate into our own brains.
@fredrichenning1367
@fredrichenning1367 2 жыл бұрын
He was also a kind person. He actually answered a letter I wrote him describing an invention of mine. I still have that letter in my safety deposit box.
@ltipst2962
@ltipst2962 2 жыл бұрын
That's very sweet. Thanks for that memory :) also get you!
@shahfaisal3923
@shahfaisal3923 2 жыл бұрын
Nice to meet you pal.
@EIRE55
@EIRE55 2 жыл бұрын
Fascinating! What was your invention, and what year was it when you wrote to him?
@fredrichenning1367
@fredrichenning1367 2 жыл бұрын
@@EIRE55 - It was a protection system using two laser beams that, unfortunately, was finally proven to not work due to the "peculiarities" of quantum mechanics. I think this was some 20-30 years ago.
@EIRE55
@EIRE55 2 жыл бұрын
@@fredrichenning1367 Thank you for your response to my questions. Quantum mechanics? Well, nothing can be created without a bit of trial and error, so well done for trying! Stay safe and well, wherever you are.😊
@markieman64
@markieman64 2 жыл бұрын
What strikes me most in this isn't his actual predictions, some have come true, some have not, but his awareness of where they were back then compared to the distant pass and how that relates to his future. He also seems very aware that people from his future will be able to watch this video, which is quite striking too.
@wispa1a
@wispa1a 2 жыл бұрын
The great thing about sci-fi writers is thinking outside the box.
@Maximustard
@Maximustard 2 жыл бұрын
Excellent observation, enlightening
@billrsv4244
@billrsv4244 2 жыл бұрын
someone should mention Arthur C. Clarkewas an excllent sientist who invented the geo-syncronous satalite.
@markieman64
@markieman64 2 жыл бұрын
@@billrsv4244 Indeed. I think you might have just mentioned it. No one seems to be mentioning the scuba diving either.
@tjmarx
@tjmarx 2 жыл бұрын
Almost none of his predictions came true, many were completely out of touch with reality and the two that could be considered having come true were so broadly worded as to have been true when he said them and impossible to not be true in the future. Understanding the past in relation to present is no more remarkable then, than it is now. Given this video was a recording, of course he was aware it would be viewable in the future. This is quite a silly comment
@georgedesilva3334
@georgedesilva3334 10 ай бұрын
He was the chief guest at my college sports meet in late 80s in Sri Lanka. I feel fortunate to have met him.
@boomieboo
@boomieboo 2 жыл бұрын
It hurts my heart that most young people don't know who this brilliant man is.
@nearlyretired7005
@nearlyretired7005 2 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately,many young people don't seem to know much about anything!
@night-x6793
@night-x6793 2 жыл бұрын
This how we repeat the same mistake because a wise man advise us what to be cautious without telling us what to do when there is a good chance that we wouldn't listen to those ideas that are too foreign for us to understand at that time.
@legendslog3911
@legendslog3911 2 жыл бұрын
@@nearlyretired7005 true
@Forcoy
@Forcoy Жыл бұрын
@@nearlyretired7005 Ah, the sweet sweet generation cycle. It never ends. Despite literally everything changing, the fact that the people of yesterday still view the youngest generations as absolutely moronic never changes.
@cla.463
@cla.463 Жыл бұрын
@@nearlyretired7005 If you are thinking that then you probably have lost touch with the worlds developments. Don’t you remember being young yourself?
@Opuskrokus
@Opuskrokus 2 жыл бұрын
This guy would make a great science fiction writer with an imagination like that.
@johnmartin6178
@johnmartin6178 2 жыл бұрын
He did and published may SF books.
@nitramluap
@nitramluap 2 жыл бұрын
@@johnmartin6178 Clearly you missed the joke...
@SirReginaldBlomfield1234
@SirReginaldBlomfield1234 2 жыл бұрын
@Meh. That's putting it mildly ! There's always one. 🙄🤣🤣
@polbecca
@polbecca 2 жыл бұрын
That was his twin brother, Arthur C Clarke who nicked all the ideas from this futurist guy, Arthur Clarke.
@whiteafrican5895
@whiteafrican5895 2 жыл бұрын
Haha and I would read them all🥴🤔🤪
@jamesgroff4962
@jamesgroff4962 Жыл бұрын
My grandfather was first gen counsel of NASA and later become chief international negotiator and then CEO for COMSAT. He always gave credit to Clarke for conceiving comm sats and often explained to me, a child in the 80s, how the internet, etc would work, and said credit should go to Clarke. He had a whole shelf of books by Clarke and told me to read them but I did not. The ironic thing was my grandfather refused to get cable tv, use a cellphone, etc, saying the devices were being misused.
@paulmichaelfreedman8334
@paulmichaelfreedman8334 Жыл бұрын
Your Gramps is possibly directly, or indirectly one of the founders of the modern internet. The internet as we know it has its roots in the 1970s and 1980s before it became the world wide web around 1992/93.
@ancapad
@ancapad Жыл бұрын
You should read some of his SF novels. They are a treat.
@pjotrboboy900
@pjotrboboy900 Жыл бұрын
Absolute legend, if you ask me!
@yesthatbruce
@yesthatbruce 10 ай бұрын
Yes, Arthur C. Clark is widely credited with coming up with the concept of geosynchronous orbit, which is what communications satellites use. It's one of the most famous examples of science fiction correctly forecasting technology.
@John-ro2ir
@John-ro2ir 11 күн бұрын
The devices are being misused indeed…
@lllAstridddlll
@lllAstridddlll Жыл бұрын
He forgot to predict that human stupidity would increase with all this technology
@Mister_Jimmy
@Mister_Jimmy 2 жыл бұрын
The “replicator” he describes became a reality as 3-D printing. Impressive!
@slohmann1572
@slohmann1572 2 жыл бұрын
I think he was thinking along the lines of a Star Trek replicator (probably an idea “stolen” from him) that would be able to copy the molecular structure of any given object.
@AustinKoleCarlisle
@AustinKoleCarlisle Жыл бұрын
or virtual reality
@oker59
@oker59 7 ай бұрын
Sounds like Drexlerian Nanotechnology. Eric Drexler even calls his nanotechnology - "Replicator."
@markmajor5538
@markmajor5538 3 ай бұрын
More like a first iteration or protozype of duplicator
@shahfaisal3923
@shahfaisal3923 2 жыл бұрын
man you really scared me. How true your every single word was. Salute from Afghanistan. Please pray for us to get rid of barbarian talibans.
@ernestbywater411
@ernestbywater411 2 жыл бұрын
The two big problems ACC missed out on were the extreme strength of social inertia putting serious brakes on developments they don't like; and the desire for individual power by people wanting to take over the world causing huge delays in advances by wasting all sorts of resources in the push for their own personal greed an aggrandizement.
@cactiguide
@cactiguide 2 жыл бұрын
Good comment here. He seriously underestimated the power of the bankers.
@ernestbywater411
@ernestbywater411 2 жыл бұрын
@thelyniezian I'm sure ACC was familiar with the abuse of power by individuals at the top level, but from what I've read of his life I very much doubt he'd be familiar with the abuse of power at the state and local level or by the bureaucrats involved. Social inertia can sometimes be good, that's true, but more often it's damaging to the society by continuing things well past their viable use.
@sallymoen7932
@sallymoen7932 2 жыл бұрын
The sequels to 2001 do touch on some of those problems, I think Rendezvous with Rama is the one that includes a splinter group of Earth inhabitants being included on the spaceship, and they try to take over the entire ship because the advanced technology is "wrong", though it benefits them. I still think the sequels would make a wonderful TV series.
@ernestbywater411
@ernestbywater411 2 жыл бұрын
@@sallymoen7932 I was referring to what was said in the news article. ACC did cover a lot of interesting stuff in his stories.
@dietrevich
@dietrevich 2 жыл бұрын
people want the future but live in the past. Just look at America and UK. They still build housing that's the same as in the 50s, instead of building houses that look like homes of the future. Future for them is retrofitting old style homes with tech. But the architecture lags behind quite severely.
@murbella7
@murbella7 2 жыл бұрын
It's a shame we don't have politicians with equally forward thinking ideas and commitment.
@goatface6602
@goatface6602 2 жыл бұрын
Politicians are obsolete. The problem is, most people can’t see how destructive politicians really are.
@C0deH0wler
@C0deH0wler 2 жыл бұрын
We do. Look at the Netherlands, at least at the city level right now. When your metros start getting enough cycleways and transit (will probably take 150 years at your rate), the cultural momentum will change.
@mikeg2491
@mikeg2491 Жыл бұрын
@@C0deH0wler Am I the only one who doesn’t get this walkable city fad as the ideal vision of the future. I’m more excited by the rejuvenation of small town main streets, mom & pop shops making a return and the ability for people to start moving back out again into quiet, low-populated areas thanks to satellite internet and the expansion of broadband. I don’t want to take a train OR drive everywhere, ideally I won’t have to travel everyday.
@jari2018
@jari2018 Жыл бұрын
but they are forward thinking and commited but for their cause whatever that might be
@MrTomyCJ
@MrTomyCJ Жыл бұрын
Politicians don't need his commitment, they need his humbleness. That is, if we asume politicians have good intentions in the first place.
@michaelgranger7113
@michaelgranger7113 2 жыл бұрын
I read all of his books back in the 60s and 70s, and recently bought a book that contains all 200+ of his short stories and read it. He was a visionary unmatched in the literary world.
@Chriko_labs
@Chriko_labs Жыл бұрын
Did you invest your money based on his predictions?
@davidsiegfriedklinger2422
@davidsiegfriedklinger2422 Жыл бұрын
H G Wells , Jules Verne?
@solaris4019
@solaris4019 4 ай бұрын
Stanisław Lem > Clarke. SAD BUT TRUE, IGNORANT.
@adriandawson4924
@adriandawson4924 11 ай бұрын
He taught my class one afternoon in 1952. His predictions took 20 years to arrive, but they did come.
@nickrodriguez3850
@nickrodriguez3850 3 ай бұрын
how can you still remember this?
@THE-X-Force
@THE-X-Force 2 ай бұрын
@@nickrodriguez3850 You must be quite young. You'll see someday.
@stewartmackay
@stewartmackay Жыл бұрын
1:35 When he said that it really brought something home to me. When I was 10, in 1974, we had a school assignment to write an essay entitled "Life In Th Year 2000". It seemed so far in the future, so distant and so futuristic. How I imagined and how I dreamed.
@Smoothflavour445
@Smoothflavour445 3 ай бұрын
TIME WARPED 2012 _ 2032 we have only one chance to get this right![incoming LOVE re-EVOLUTION coming soon]❤
@stewartmackay
@stewartmackay 3 ай бұрын
@@Smoothflavour445 I hope you're right
@Smoothflavour445
@Smoothflavour445 3 ай бұрын
Lets do our best and have hope..Theres a saying by Rumi "If everything around seems dark, look again, you might be the light."
@billspence1799
@billspence1799 2 сағат бұрын
In my day it was 1984!
@iLOVEpalestineNlebanonFOREVER
@iLOVEpalestineNlebanonFOREVER 2 жыл бұрын
I own every single one of his books and short stories. He is one of the best writers I have ever read. This man is a genius and had a talent for writing that to this day feels futuristic and keeps me hooked. If you have never read his work and enjoy science and/or science fiction please read his books. You will love them. Some of his best: The City and the Stars, A Fall of Moondust, Beyond the Fall of Night, The Songs of Distant Earth, the Rama series, the A Time Odyssey trilogy, the 2001 A Space Odyssey books, The Deep Range, Dolphin Island, Childhood’s End and Islands in the Sky
@madsteve9
@madsteve9 2 жыл бұрын
Rama series is amazing. Anyone else think about "Rama" when, Oumuamua visited the solar system in 2017 ?
@yuriyyuriy600
@yuriyyuriy600 2 жыл бұрын
With due respect to Mr.Clarke, his imagination didn't reach beyond the material aspects of human existence. He didn't dare to predict what the humans would evolutionize to in a moral sense. Looking on how the things are today regarding the moral values' degradation it's even more apalling to think what the society as well as its individuals will be in the next 20-30 years from now.
@oldcougar65
@oldcougar65 2 жыл бұрын
You missed my favorite Clarke book, "Tales From The White Hart"
@yuriyyuriy600
@yuriyyuriy600 2 жыл бұрын
@@oldcougar65 I will take note of that. Thank you.
@elliotclarke5149
@elliotclarke5149 2 жыл бұрын
I have all of Fred who who was Arthur's brothers books which document the local history of our family in Somerset. I must admit despite him being my great uncle I've never read anything by Arthur. I'm more interested in the family history documented by other members of the family.
@nexpro6985
@nexpro6985 2 жыл бұрын
"Open the fridge doors Hal" ... 'I'm afraid I can't do that Arthur.'
@davepowell7168
@davepowell7168 2 жыл бұрын
🤣
@dennismitchell5276
@dennismitchell5276 2 жыл бұрын
I need an AI controlled refrigerator!
@kevinp6823
@kevinp6823 2 жыл бұрын
We need a law-abiding A.I. Government
@patrickwebb1987
@patrickwebb1987 2 жыл бұрын
That was truly mental. Thank you BBC for uploading this historical video!
@henryD9363
@henryD9363 Жыл бұрын
Yes indeed!
@kevinp6823
@kevinp6823 2 жыл бұрын
A hundred years from now, he will read our comments and say "RIP My friends"
@vwes
@vwes 2 жыл бұрын
He was so close with his prediction of home working and no more commuting, in fact it actually happened during the pandemic
@juremustac3063
@juremustac3063 5 ай бұрын
Not only work, socialising too. We go to the pub less and less nowdays, not only because the beer got expensive. There just isn't any need. We chat with both our friends and complete strangers online.
@martynlewis4344
@martynlewis4344 2 жыл бұрын
He nails the principle of working remotely and contacting people anywhere in the world where ever they maybe. Other subjects he talks about, for now at least, exist only in movie franchises like Star Trek, The Terminator and Planet Of The Apes.
@chippysteve4524
@chippysteve4524 2 жыл бұрын
3D printers are the fore-runners of replicators and 'transporters' :-)
@StevenBara
@StevenBara 2 жыл бұрын
I wonder, was this actually the "invention" of the replicator in Star Trek? It first aired 2 years after this broadcast 🤔
@Georgije2
@Georgije2 2 жыл бұрын
That's what Skynet wants you to think
@batubop651
@batubop651 2 жыл бұрын
Robotic surgery or long distant surgery has also existed for roughly a decade or so. Especially in parts of the world where long distances to medical hubs is a hindrance such as Australia and Canada.
@batubop651
@batubop651 2 жыл бұрын
Some may also suggest we have learned to train dolphins to our advantage, specifically the military. Albeit for nefarious purposes.
@fedzalicious
@fedzalicious 2 жыл бұрын
I tried to tell my wife that a monkey butler wasn't a stupid idea. It did rip her face off, God rest her soul, but there's always bugs to iron out when adopting a new technology.
@alp-1960
@alp-1960 2 жыл бұрын
MONKEY HATE CLEAN
@rogerdodger8415
@rogerdodger8415 2 жыл бұрын
What was it's name? Leroi?
@fedzalicious
@fedzalicious 2 жыл бұрын
@@rogerdodger8415 I had to look up what you meant. That's racist dude. And you didn't even spell his name correctly. It's name was bubbles. I got it cheap from Michael Jackson's deceased estate.
@rogerdodger8415
@rogerdodger8415 2 жыл бұрын
@@fedzalicious Was Michael Jackson a racist? He named his monkey bubbles, but Leroi is racist? Why is that? Isn't Leroi a white name? In fact Le Roi means "the king"
@fedzalicious
@fedzalicious 2 жыл бұрын
@@rogerdodger8415 I could only assume you were talking about LeRoy Butler, an African-American football player. And the term 'monkey' is used as a racial slur against African-Americans. So you tell me.
@jdffee5076
@jdffee5076 2 жыл бұрын
Heck, here i am typing in Finland 21:11 at night, and someone in, lets say, Chile, could be reading thi very massage. What a world we live in.
@campbelljt3
@campbelljt3 2 жыл бұрын
I see see your post in Statesville, North Carolina USA
@mariacarter6954
@mariacarter6954 2 жыл бұрын
Reading your comment here in UK, so many take it for granted 😉
@ERTChimpanzee
@ERTChimpanzee 2 жыл бұрын
Terve! Viron poika on siin. Hello! A Estonian boy is here. :)
@zedzepellin
@zedzepellin 2 жыл бұрын
Hello from Portugal 🙋‍♂️
@hawsrulebegin7768
@hawsrulebegin7768 2 жыл бұрын
I’m going to leave a rude pointless comment in my reply from London U.K. That’s the only part Clarke didn’t take into consideration. The troll.
@dream.Creator.8bit
@dream.Creator.8bit 3 ай бұрын
His vision is absolutely massive. What a legend. Love from Sri Lanka 🇱🇰
@GuitarLessonsBobbyCrispy
@GuitarLessonsBobbyCrispy Жыл бұрын
In his 1951 book 'The Exploration of Space' Arthor C. Clarke predicted many of the details of the Apollo moon missions, 18 years before they happened!
@greensky01
@greensky01 2 жыл бұрын
@1:32 He totally got the part about communication and remote work so accurately correct.
@Wol747
@Wol747 2 жыл бұрын
He was actually the man who described the techniques of satellite communications before the first satellites were built.
@ellie-tk4jy
@ellie-tk4jy 2 жыл бұрын
The technology for remote working has been available for some time but only culturally accepted during lockdown when it became a necessity.
@spikespa5208
@spikespa5208 2 жыл бұрын
As long as the work consists of sitting at a desk or table inputting data in some form. Difficult to roof a house or do plumbing remotely.
@jortega999
@jortega999 2 жыл бұрын
True to a certain extent. Many companies hate remote work because of outdated management methods. They want butts in seats so that supervisors can ask for TPS reports. Unfortunately, the trend is back to the office. Corporations seem to miss the fact that allowing remote work helps with climate change and is like giving a pay raise without actually doing so. While tech evolves, we don’t.
@animatewithdermot
@animatewithdermot Жыл бұрын
He missed the Tik Tok Hype House, but honestly can't be blamed for that!!!!
@lawdpleasehelpmeno
@lawdpleasehelpmeno 2 жыл бұрын
I like how this guy predicts work from home in 1964. What he didn't predict is that people would be so ignorant and so addicted to the world of cars, offices and the power structures built around them, that they wouldn't be able to let go and continue advancement. Which is why we're comparatively in the dark ages compared to the 1960s, at least in attitude.
@erepsekahs
@erepsekahs 2 жыл бұрын
Very true.
@BrettL250
@BrettL250 2 жыл бұрын
It’s too bad more people aren’t as thoughtful and insightful as you. The world would be a much better place.😂
@jelambertson
@jelambertson 2 жыл бұрын
I like my car.
@Monkofthecaribbean
@Monkofthecaribbean 2 жыл бұрын
Alot of my friends work from home lol
@erepsekahs
@erepsekahs 2 жыл бұрын
@@Monkofthecaribbean Why is, ' A lot of my friends work from home lol' funny?
@peterbiesbroek
@peterbiesbroek 2 жыл бұрын
He has foreseen too, the 3-D printer as an all in one duplicator, great writer, great visionair.
@creech54
@creech54 2 жыл бұрын
Not exactly what he had in mind, since he thought the duplicates would cost nothing.
@solidshadow01
@solidshadow01 2 жыл бұрын
@@creech54 Agreed, going with the idea that they wouldn't use any resources is just daft even by 1964 standards.
@mattfarroom1068
@mattfarroom1068 2 жыл бұрын
@@solidshadow01 kzbin.info/www/bejne/iKvKh4qmlpmZsLc
@golden.lights.twinkle2329
@golden.lights.twinkle2329 2 жыл бұрын
The 3D printer is far from a duplicator. A duplicator would have to recreate an object at the atomic level, complete with all the original elements. It would therefore need the ability to create matter.
@willwilliamson9580
@willwilliamson9580 2 жыл бұрын
very limited in what it can duplicate. hes talking about more like what you see in star trek tng a true energy to baryonic matter reorganizer.
@UKGeezer
@UKGeezer 2 жыл бұрын
He was such an insightful man, a true visionary. I loved watching his mysterious world/universe series when I was a kid. I could just listen to him for hours; really wish he was still among us. RIP Sir Arthur.
@rbrianjones
@rbrianjones Жыл бұрын
Nailed it ! He was right about one thing. What he told me was unbelievable. Unbelievable in the fact of how accurate he was.
@nickatbasel
@nickatbasel 2 жыл бұрын
He didn’t predict the development of pocket computers being used to disseminate pictures of grumpy cats.
@malcolmsargeant7818
@malcolmsargeant7818 2 жыл бұрын
He did that later in his life.
@arsenal10141014
@arsenal10141014 2 жыл бұрын
Informed, intelligent and a creative genius - nails it. What makes his predictions more powerful - is the year he is making them in.
@johansoderberg9579
@johansoderberg9579 2 жыл бұрын
He proposed that in the future, we should not commute but communicate. Yet, should we have a desire to commute in space, despite the enournous amounts of time and energy required to reach any destination where there, with only a faintest likelihood possibly could be something to visit at all... The world could be as he predicted but mankind is mankind and sceptics has denied us reliable energy and antidemocrats has ruined the culture in one of our largest countries on earth...
@dixonpinfold2582
@dixonpinfold2582 2 жыл бұрын
I see him more like Professor Frink on The Simpsons: a highly intelligent philistine. The type of person best kept far away from power and any real influence.
@HansDunkelberg1
@HansDunkelberg1 2 жыл бұрын
@@dixonpinfold2582 Can you specify that fear, a little?
@louisesumrell6331
@louisesumrell6331 2 жыл бұрын
He did indeed move to a tropical paradise and conduct his business from there.
@gggggggg3542
@gggggggg3542 2 жыл бұрын
The 4 things I remember him for are; 1, he had a part in inventing radar 2, communication satellite 3, 2001 A Space Odyssey 4, His TV show, Mysterious World Every now and then through history, certain people just seem to arrive, Newton, Galileo, Da Vinci, Hawking...... could he be added to the list
@purefoldnz3070
@purefoldnz3070 Жыл бұрын
and the whole child pedo thing.
@davidcunningham2074
@davidcunningham2074 Жыл бұрын
amazing how many of his predictions are spot on.
@glynbrain1083
@glynbrain1083 2 жыл бұрын
Arthur C Clarke & Isaac Asimov shaped my childhood.
@prioris55555
@prioris55555 2 жыл бұрын
I liked Isaac Asimov as a very young person until I studied science on my own and realized he was full of crap. Mainstream fundamental science is swimming in suppression, corruption and dogmatism.
@poruatokin
@poruatokin Жыл бұрын
Me too!!
@portland-182
@portland-182 2 жыл бұрын
Very good with world communications, and working from home, not so much with the Monkey butlers.
@inceptional
@inceptional 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, but he predicted the communications and working from home in around 50 years. He didn't really put a time on the monkey butlers. . . .
@ruditapper4225
@ruditapper4225 2 жыл бұрын
The monkey bit reminded me of the Planet of the Apes
@EverGreen1888
@EverGreen1888 2 жыл бұрын
I honestly think he's taking the piss when he mentions the "monkey butlers"
@StevenBara
@StevenBara 2 жыл бұрын
I think his smirking in between hints to whether he's just amusing himself a bit by playing with the audience. 😅
@juchetony1910
@juchetony1910 2 жыл бұрын
Alan Partridge had a better idea with monkey tennis.
@misterrea861
@misterrea861 2 жыл бұрын
He came from a generation of hope and saw the wealth of possibilities in the future. We need visionaries like that. It doesn't seem like he was reckoning with the inherent limitations on how to realize those hopes. I love this optimism.
@martinsolomon5500
@martinsolomon5500 2 жыл бұрын
And monkey servants. Gotta love monkey servants and dolphin maids.
@TheNapster153
@TheNapster153 2 жыл бұрын
@@martinsolomon5500 I try and look at this in a way of more positive light. The best I can come up with is that introducing new sapient life into the human order would (no proof of this) encourage the species as a whole to further improve on itself, if only to stay ahead of those they would deem beneath them. It's a rather unsettling truth, but the flipside of the coin is humanity getting complacent in its own belief of intellectual superiority.
@johannesdolch
@johannesdolch 2 жыл бұрын
That's why i invest in Tesla. Just saying.
@eneco3965
@eneco3965 2 жыл бұрын
@@martinsolomon5500 Cat girl maids would be better to be honest
@b21raider27
@b21raider27 10 ай бұрын
He was incredibly accurate! Predicted pretty much every major high tech invention we have, modern telecommunications to AI to 3D printing.
@RobertodelaVega-t3w
@RobertodelaVega-t3w 5 ай бұрын
He's only repeating what the Victorians said about the future in 1915.
@Retrohertz
@Retrohertz Жыл бұрын
He was only 47 in this clip. Unbelievable.
@Moscow_Will_Burn
@Moscow_Will_Burn 11 ай бұрын
Yes. People didn't age well in the past. Poor diet , unhealthy living and 40 smokes a day.🚬
@Bystander-xd2wj
@Bystander-xd2wj 9 ай бұрын
Baldist😂
@auniversalwoman
@auniversalwoman 6 ай бұрын
😮
@TsjuunTze
@TsjuunTze 2 жыл бұрын
I remeber watching Arthur C Clarke's mysterious universe series on the discovery channel, back in the day it was still good.
@JGLy22086
@JGLy22086 2 жыл бұрын
I loved Arthur C Clark’s books. And it’s really interesting 20+ years after the 2000 yr prediction his predictions are so accurate!
@JonHuhnMedical
@JonHuhnMedical 2 жыл бұрын
You know what, Mr. Clarke? It has been fantastic. Great call.
@mariolis
@mariolis Жыл бұрын
6:30 In fact this did happen only 3 years after he made the prediction Cryonics have been a thing since 1967 , when the first person was cryopreserved ,and is still frozen to this day While we have had this since all the way back then , we still have not yet developed a way to "bring them back" , but with cryopreservation we can just wait until we find it out , even if it takes centuries
@shirleybalinski4535
@shirleybalinski4535 2 жыл бұрын
3-D printers, instant communications, Mars, planetary travel, long distant work & travel, demise of cities, all foretold by Mr.Clarke. Never a fan of science fiction but, I did enjoy this man, his voice & ability to grasp the reader/ viewers attention.
@handyandy6050
@handyandy6050 2 жыл бұрын
Don't care what anyone says, Arthur was uncannily accurate in some of his predictions!
@ranradd
@ranradd 2 жыл бұрын
The replicators are coming! Love him and his writings. We're not even to his 100 years in the future, and things are already technologically amazing compared to 1964 (at which time I was a young lad.) Human belief systems are still lagging well behind technological progress though.
@Paullebbon
@Paullebbon 2 жыл бұрын
I am too young to have viewed this live, but after watching the entire 12 minutes, I honestly believe that Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Gene Roddenberry, were all sat around the TV set taking notes. Pierre Boulle was drinking wine and trying to write a sequel to La Planète des singes and everyone else were thinking the TV presenter had lost the plot. Great piece of TV history and well worth my 12 minutes.
@ruffmeow9893
@ruffmeow9893 2 жыл бұрын
Just a case of the collective unconsience at work. You'll see
@terrysullivan1992
@terrysullivan1992 2 жыл бұрын
Pretty damn sure all those folks read Clark's writings from their childhood. Clark, Asimov, Brin, Heinlein, and many more. I grew up reading all of them and often wondering what was taking so long. Now, finally, we have Elon Musk actually doing it.
@Fugitive292
@Fugitive292 Жыл бұрын
I found it interesting that he couldn't predict the USSR collapse in 2001: A Space Odyssey. Reading the book and seeing USSR mentioned made me realize how hard it is to predict the future.
@christianroy5663
@christianroy5663 Жыл бұрын
I felt like I had to symbolically wave at Arthur C. Clarke from nearly 60 years into the future after watching this recording on a technological platform he and many other intelligent and open-minded people envisioned. So I did. Though he might not agree with everyone's web history and the things we choose to use the internet for lol. I looked him up and he lived until 2008, so he still got to see a good chunk of what he envisioned come to fruition.
@GaryLawrenceMurphy
@GaryLawrenceMurphy 2 жыл бұрын
“Prediction is very difficult, especially if it's about the future!” - Niels Bohr
@sapphonymph8204
@sapphonymph8204 2 жыл бұрын
Great quote!
@gwakpyunghwa
@gwakpyunghwa 8 ай бұрын
Yogi Berra said that too 😂
@bosun99uk
@bosun99uk Жыл бұрын
Men will no longer commute, they will communicate. My favorite phrase from the video.
@thisisus.504
@thisisus.504 Жыл бұрын
I'm watching this with a shiver up my spine (truthfully) as I have a 'duplicator' sat next to me by way of a 3d printer. My goodness, I am forth hence, speechless.
@IsmokeHiphopLive
@IsmokeHiphopLive Ай бұрын
Very brilliant mind for that time period.
@li2us
@li2us 2 жыл бұрын
Mr. Clarke has been one of my favorite authors for six decades. "Across The Sea of Stars" is an anthology of some of his greatest works. I love that book! I also love the fact that he worked on the first satellite system. A true visionary.
@jimrafferty8009
@jimrafferty8009 2 жыл бұрын
What foresight this man had... The internet, 3d Printers, communications etc...
@007JHS
@007JHS 2 жыл бұрын
I like his prediction about a surgeon in one city operating on a patient in another, perhaps half the world away.... because of course this is now achieved.
@clifftarrance
@clifftarrance 2 жыл бұрын
One must assume that the patient is in an operating room supported by medical professionals who are physically present even if the surgeon is elsewhere. So for most people, physical spaces are still relevant.
@21stcenturyfossil7
@21stcenturyfossil7 2 жыл бұрын
So what? The Amazing Criswell predicted that -- in the future, brain surgery will be performed in vending machines!
@w9gb
@w9gb 2 жыл бұрын
1964 Worlds Fair was well timed for Stanley Kubrick’s new project 2001. Not only meeting with Arthur C. Clarke, but seeing the work of Douglas Trumbull and hiring spacecraft consultants Frederick Ordway and Harry Lange.
@fourstarfuel9702
@fourstarfuel9702 Жыл бұрын
Do you think Clarke helped Kubrick fake the moon landings then?
@NoosaHeads
@NoosaHeads Жыл бұрын
I could have listened to this man for hours. What a pity this presentation is only 12 minutes. The wonder of 1964 was that it was FULL of hope, optimism and pride. Now (2023) all we see is misery, gloom, recriminations, guilt and self hatred. What an awful time to live, for someone who has young children and who has seen the halcyon days of wonderful proud, barnstorming Western civilisation. - Societies that put aside memories of WW2 barbarism and set about improving, creating and advancing, rather than moaning perpetually about the sins of their distant ancestors.
@moongoddess8568
@moongoddess8568 Жыл бұрын
These people making the video probably never imagined that the future would be watching it.
@rabih1978
@rabih1978 2 жыл бұрын
Even the replicator has come true to an extent, we can print houses now
@acb9896
@acb9896 2 жыл бұрын
So Strange to hear a futurist talk about life in a long off time that was 22 years ago.
@williamstephenjackson6420
@williamstephenjackson6420 2 жыл бұрын
I am a huge fan of this man’s work. But even he seemed to forget the most important single thing which would not change. Us.
@fuzzblightyear145
@fuzzblightyear145 2 жыл бұрын
So true. was watching a documentary on translations of ancient Egyptian and Babylonian documents from 3 or 4 thousand yrs ago, and even back then peopel were having the same problems and issues as today. ( money, crime, romance, business dealings).
@hookbeak2321
@hookbeak2321 2 жыл бұрын
I beg to differ Mr. Jackson what about the gradual merger of technology with humans, that is to say bionic body part replacement which is no longer fiction. I can certainly see a time in the not too distant future that A.I will be an integral part of the human consciousness.
@heyyo162
@heyyo162 2 жыл бұрын
@@hookbeak2321 yes, he talks about machines that can print memories into our brains. That "printing" may not be limited to memories, or knowledge.. but also values and passions. In other words, such tech would be able to completely transform what it is to be human. It would also be able to link us to each other in telepathic connections, or fully emerge us into virtual worlds. THAT would potentially inflate the value of physical living, if the alternative is to live as a king in a digital world, where every desire would meet instant fulfillment and gratification, and your body would be young, clean, beautiful and free of disease for centuries.
@tomarnold7284
@tomarnold7284 2 жыл бұрын
Agree. His books focused mostly on technology and little about how people live or react under those circumstances.
@wildboar7473
@wildboar7473 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah a little strange, he sure didnt just communicate with his boyfriend, too enamured with Tech, bet he would predict USA hitching rides to LEO in 2022.
@thecovidprisoner
@thecovidprisoner Жыл бұрын
Clarke was a true modern predictor of the future . Bearing in mind he predicted what we are using right now its astonishing so few know or appreciate his work. Even Bill Gates scoffed at the idea everyone would own a pc so that's how far Clarke was ahead of his time.
@erik_carter_art
@erik_carter_art Жыл бұрын
The prediction of remote surgery is the most mind-blowing to me. The prediction of other animals made intelligent and turned into slaves (he says 'servants') is pretty disturbing.
@Lwize
@Lwize 2 жыл бұрын
We'll never make it to The Year 2000 at this rate.
@ERTChimpanzee
@ERTChimpanzee 2 жыл бұрын
What do u mean?
@sapphonymph8204
@sapphonymph8204 2 жыл бұрын
Climate change will have destroyed the earth by then.
@Ometecuhtli
@Ometecuhtli 2 жыл бұрын
Year XBEG-0R8004 seems feasible, thou
@fredsalfa
@fredsalfa 2 жыл бұрын
What an amazing visionary. Alot of his predictions have already come true
@BritneyLaZonga
@BritneyLaZonga 2 жыл бұрын
Did we solve the servant problem with the help of the monkey kingdom? Did I miss that? 🤣
@fredsalfa
@fredsalfa 2 жыл бұрын
@@BritneyLaZonga No but we build a lot of black monolith buildings nowadays 😆
@allanrattee
@allanrattee Жыл бұрын
Where is HAL now we need him?
@RahalRathnayake
@RahalRathnayake Жыл бұрын
The one prediction is Sri Lanka become a most powerful country in the world.will it be ?
@Talboy-p4e
@Talboy-p4e 10 ай бұрын
Spot on Genius Amazing we had great minds back then Even 18 century Made England ❤ Almost like a prophet from God My time 1960 Golden years back then Proper England back then I bet you no children to day heard about this guy??? My school days we had to sharpening pencils before lessons Today kids sharpening knifes Stabbing each other to death every day in UK Thanks for listening Amazing technology we chatting and I don't know you Ps I could be a computer Ha, ha, 😂😂😂 So be careful not to sent gifts Chat soon
@tbones55
@tbones55 2 жыл бұрын
He gave screenwriters the plot of a ton of sci-fi films in this clip.
@sarahewson3607
@sarahewson3607 2 жыл бұрын
Dude, I have rheumatoid arthritis (incurable) and no way in hell would I volunteer to be in suspended animation until a cure is found! I can’t imagine what horrors will have become of this planet.
@philattlee1
@philattlee1 2 жыл бұрын
My son toured the world for 12 months whilst fully employed. No one knew he was away as he always completed his work on computer.
@mark.J6708
@mark.J6708 2 жыл бұрын
This is why he was one of the first on my reading lists as a kid.
@NoosaHeads
@NoosaHeads 2 жыл бұрын
We often use the word "Genius" too liberally but in ACC's case, it's entirely appropriate.
@TrasteIAm
@TrasteIAm 2 жыл бұрын
Artur C. Clarke can predict the future because he is an inspiration to many scientists, so they strive to make it real. We need more Artur C. Clarkes in that aspect.
@davidvelazquez642
@davidvelazquez642 2 жыл бұрын
And less Elon Musk.
@sapphonymph8204
@sapphonymph8204 2 жыл бұрын
Elon Musk not only is a visionary like ACC, he actually puts ideas into practice.
@terrysullivan1992
@terrysullivan1992 2 жыл бұрын
There is a grain of truth in what you say. SF writers are often also scientists and engineers. This creates a sort of feedback loop. On the flip side; they are often very intelligent and well informed about science and engineering. Thus what they see as a likely future sounds like fantasy to the general public. Interesting that this far along in the comments; no one has mentioned that he predicted the Geosynchronous Satellite.
@berighteous
@berighteous Жыл бұрын
the city of 1964 is exactly the same as the city of 2023. the buildings of Denver are the same buildings. The buildings of Los Angeles are mainly the exact same buildings. Most of the buildings are 50-75 years old.
@HektorBandimar
@HektorBandimar 9 ай бұрын
There have been special people throughout world history who moved the world forward, he was one of them, he had great foresight.
@GeVeBeGaming
@GeVeBeGaming 2 жыл бұрын
He seriously knows his stuff, or he's a time traveller...RIP Arthur, you would be amazed at how far we have come (im sure you are frozen somewhere waiting for Immortality)
@smadaf
@smadaf 2 жыл бұрын
Why do you say you're sure of that when it's easy to look up the fact that his remains were buried without freezing?
@GeVeBeGaming
@GeVeBeGaming 2 жыл бұрын
@@smadaf Not the sharpest tool in the box are you......
@heresjohnny602
@heresjohnny602 2 жыл бұрын
@@GeVeBeGaming What sort of an intellectual arrogance do you hold to berate someone for not reading your mind with force powers.....he may not be the sharpest but at least he's most likely the nicest.
@GeVeBeGaming
@GeVeBeGaming 2 жыл бұрын
@@heresjohnny602 Facepalm :-)
@heresjohnny602
@heresjohnny602 2 жыл бұрын
@@GeVeBeGaming Oh yes you're the height of intellectual prowess, good boy.....🙄🙄 find a cliff pal.
@Damonpuss
@Damonpuss Жыл бұрын
He's a brilliant man and I've read a lot of his books. Not to say he wasn't without some of the foibles of his generation, but he had some amazing insights into where things might go.
@jeep1927
@jeep1927 Жыл бұрын
Foibles? Why did he live in Sri Lanka???
@captainhardcrabs1
@captainhardcrabs1 2 жыл бұрын
At the 9:30 mark he is talking about Calvin & Hobbes Transmogrifier. Amazing!
@carlhartwell7978
@carlhartwell7978 Жыл бұрын
We may be adaptable in the grand scheme, but change has never come without great cost (both in the short and long term). The question is, is the change worth the cost? For instance, was The Pill really all that great for society? Was Social Media for that matter? It may well be that 'change' is inevitable, which might make the question moot. Just had to ask it anyway.
@RidgeyDidgeDude
@RidgeyDidgeDude 10 ай бұрын
He wasn't "owned" by anyone. (Aaah for the good old days!) When scientists had credibility and "experts" could be trusted.
@lundsweden
@lundsweden 2 жыл бұрын
Did anyone notice the SuperComputer behind the speaker? Oh I mean Christmas lights, lol!
@stockholm1752
@stockholm1752 2 жыл бұрын
I’m stuck by how enthusiastic he was about these predictions. I wonder if he felt the same at the end of his lifetime.
@celtspeaksgoth7251
@celtspeaksgoth7251 2 жыл бұрын
I prefer him to his contemporaries - his measured Englishness shone through in his writings. There wasn't the garish sensationalism of his American counterparts. His characters were serious but not cold. His stories did contain some wry humour. He wasn't just a scifi author - he had worked with technology in his days in the RAF. So his writings bore an authenticity and aged well. "Gluttonous barbarism" - we're there.
@techtonictim
@techtonictim Жыл бұрын
Amazing visionary.. I was fortunate enough to meet with and do some early IT work with him, his brother Fred & visit rocket publishing. A real gent 🙏
@chargersina
@chargersina Жыл бұрын
He was a friend to everyone that wrote him a letter or an email. I cherish the 2 letters I have from him. Humble and curious.
@madsteve9
@madsteve9 2 жыл бұрын
One of the best Arthur C Clarke real life stories, I heard was from 1992, he was invited to the memorial party for Malcolm Forbes (Forbes Magazine) everyone, who was anyone in New York business & celebrity was there. Arthur walked up to "Ted Turner" of CNN, and gave him an invoice for $1 Billion Dollars. Everyone pissed themselves laughing. I think Ted, did give Arthur a consultancy job.
@joshsmith6043
@joshsmith6043 Жыл бұрын
What did he have to say about kids in the Phillipines?
@GenghisKhanBruseySkyz
@GenghisKhanBruseySkyz Жыл бұрын
Finally someone who knows the truth in this comments section😅
@lairddougal3833
@lairddougal3833 2 жыл бұрын
The timing was wrong, but the twin advent of high end communication and covid has accelerated the idea of distance working. In NZ it has become a new norm. People are seriously calculating the merits of living outside cities and commuting to for social purposes. Tele surgery is also an emerging reality. Distance consultation is another new norm. 9/10 Mr Clarke.
@chippysteve4524
@chippysteve4524 2 жыл бұрын
Alas most humans are creatures of habit (morons) so 'we' only ever adopt novel ideas (that already exist!) when someone puts a gun to our heads! :-)
@Jim.Thunda
@Jim.Thunda Жыл бұрын
I loaned him my crystal ball, and l still haven't got it back.
@alankingvideo
@alankingvideo 2 жыл бұрын
My grandfather born in 1899 would be both astounded at our progress in some areas and lack of progress in others. We can communicate in astonishing ways and have access to boundless knowledge. But have learned so little that we destroy our planet, and wage war against each other. We do little to alleviate poverty and celebrate wealth creation. We still abuse and eat animals, despite knowing they are the same as us, just without the ability to defend themselves. Time we grew up as a species, or we don't deserve to survive.
@johncrichton4341
@johncrichton4341 2 жыл бұрын
Well said Alan. I've always been interested in technology, even as a small child, but this does seem to be at the cost of our Environment...
@johnmorris7815
@johnmorris7815 2 жыл бұрын
I took up reading Arthur C Clarke in about 1970, a genius by any measure.
@APoetsCorner
@APoetsCorner 2 жыл бұрын
Wow. Imagine a world where we all thought like Arthur, Tesla, or Einstein.
@heart2hearter
@heart2hearter 2 жыл бұрын
From Wikipedia: The concept [of geosynchronus satellites] was first proposed by Herman Potočnik in 1928 and popularised by the science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke in a paper in Wireless World in 1945.[4] Working prior to the advent of solid-state electronics, Clarke envisioned a trio of large, crewed space stations arranged in a triangle around the planet. Modern satellites are numerous, uncrewed, and often no larger than an automobile. Widely known as the "father of the geosynchronous satellite", Harold Rosen, an engineer at Hughes Aircraft Company, invented the first operational geosynchronous satellite, Syncom 2.[5] It was launched on a Delta rocket B booster from Cape Canaveral July 26, 1963.
@jasondavis8886
@jasondavis8886 2 жыл бұрын
And still a work of fiction.
@rickrandom6734
@rickrandom6734 2 жыл бұрын
@@jasondavis8886 What? Satellites a work of fiction?
@dougcastleman9518
@dougcastleman9518 2 жыл бұрын
I was just writing about Dr. Harold Rosen in another reply! He was a good friend of ACC and was a great brother in law to me, before passing a few years back.
@seehayz
@seehayz 2 жыл бұрын
And the orbit in which they sit is known as Clarke's orbit.
@jov558
@jov558 6 ай бұрын
Did Clarke mention anything about those machines turning against mankind?
@EevaLancaster
@EevaLancaster 10 ай бұрын
My favorite science fiction author of all time. Genius.
@florinadrian5174
@florinadrian5174 2 жыл бұрын
Arthur C Clarke predicts teleworking in 1964, based only on the transistor, and our director still wants town meetings with physical presence even after 3 years of Covid proved that teleworking works fine. I guess human stupidity should never be underestimated.
@sliva7938
@sliva7938 Жыл бұрын
Think about it, by teleworking low and middle management would be obsolete. And they have less possibilities to control the worker.
@florinadrian5174
@florinadrian5174 Жыл бұрын
@@sliva7938 I don't see why those levels of management became obsolete. Au contraire, competent managers are needed more because, as you state, you won't be able to control the worker but only the results of his/her work and that's trickier. But not impossible, in fact it is much better for the organisation if the results of the work are in focus rather than the time spent pretending to work.
@jdffee5076
@jdffee5076 2 жыл бұрын
Was spot on on the communication part
@pauladams1211
@pauladams1211 2 жыл бұрын
Because he was one of the proponents of satellite communication
@pqrstzxerty1296
@pqrstzxerty1296 2 жыл бұрын
The Romans first invented the World Wide Web, when they had a ball of wool and strunk it out between themselves making a network. They then used static pulses down the wool to signal messages.
@PaulJohn01
@PaulJohn01 2 жыл бұрын
Visionary. The world needs more people like him.
@MyImmaculateQueen
@MyImmaculateQueen 2 жыл бұрын
What??? more pedophiles? Are you insane?
@MyImmaculateQueen
@MyImmaculateQueen 2 жыл бұрын
@@jamdias8449 Yes what you say is true. Arthur C Clarke was a P@#DOPHILE
@tomgreaney1
@tomgreaney1 2 жыл бұрын
Elon Musk
@PaulJohn01
@PaulJohn01 2 жыл бұрын
Well that's odd i can't even see the 3 replies on my own post 🤔🤔
@MyImmaculateQueen
@MyImmaculateQueen 2 жыл бұрын
@@PaulJohn01 I get that ALL the time
@peterhill7846
@peterhill7846 2 жыл бұрын
He was a guest speaker at a conference I attended in 2001. He used a video link from his home. Technology he predicted.
@niloo_atribecalledlove
@niloo_atribecalledlove Жыл бұрын
Our “SERVANT PROBLEM”!? Wow. Arthur certainly failed to predict that humans also decided that animals aren’t to be enslaved.
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