Amara’s Law states,

“We tend to overestimate the effect of a technology in the short run and underestimate the effect in the long run.”

On the lighter side, here’s a quick minute-and-a-half reminder that in laughing at prognosticators of the past, we should not forget that we’ll likely be laughing at ourselves in the decades to come.

(Hat tip to Daniel Holzinger for sending this in)