It's fun to look at TV shows and movies from the past that speculate about the future. The original Star Trek series made some great imaginative leaps but was still bound by 1960s American culture and their perspective of a future framed with 1960s conventions. What I mean is, if you could bring someone from 1963, who is around 50-60 years old to our 2023, the culture shock would be much more overwhelming than the technology advances. Sure, both together would certainly be completely overwhelming.
Now imagine bringing someone from 1923 to 2023. Again, the cultural changes would be overwhelming to the point that they probably would have little to no frame of reference with which to ground themselves. Top that with the technology changes and they would be frightened out of their wits. Bring someone from 1823 to 2023 and they would have no frame of reference for the technology or the cultural changes. Only the hardiest person could likely survive the sudden change.
We can speculate what the world might be like in 2073 or 2173 but we are bound by our own cultural and technological frame of reference. Star Trek gave us a lot of clever ideas but they still had pen and paper and walkie talkies. One episode showed a flat screen TV standing on a desk with a remote control. That was remarkable for 1967. I read that Gene Roddenberry wanted to do more with cultural progressiveness but was censored by the network. The original Blade Runner movie depicts a dystopian 2019. The author's depiction of climate change was insightful but kind of went the wrong way- it still doesn't rain a lot in LA.
Cultural differences are not easy to grasp and accept. Adapting to a new culture takes time and effort. Anyone that has lived in different places around the world or even just different areas of America knows what I mean.
Anyway, I don't want headphones and I don't want implants in order to hear my music. I want everyone in my house to hear what I am playing.
