Matt Novak's discussions

Fixed it. A lot of old images and links didn't make the jump from Paleofuture.com very smoothly. Read more

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you see back in 1962 there was this thing called newspapers that were like blogs but they were printed on paper and people had to read them by purchasing a Read more

Yeah, I'm not sure what to make of that one. Read more

The 21st was a Friday, so I don't think that's correct. As I mention in the piece, only about 3% of Americans had color so the fact that ABC was broadcasting in color (yes, the Jetsons was the first for the network) was beside the point. Read more

America's history of fear surrounding MSG has its roots firmly planted in xenophobic nonsense. I wrote about it at Paleofuture a few months back. Read more

I think it has much more to do with how musicians choose to deliver their music to the public and how that has an impact on the future. If a high profile musician only chooses to release their music on 8-track or believes that only 8-track is the "proper" way to deliver music, then that changes the music landscape.… Read more

I have a print of that top image framed in my apartment! I got it framed for a retro-futurism show I did with BBC Future last year. Read more

Then what's the generic term these days? Some people use "skype" but I find that problematic for obvious reasons. "Video chat" is one I use personally, but I don't notice many others using it. Read more

Wonderful. Read more

You knew?!?!?! Then how come you didn't tell anyone!?!?! You coulda saved this Snowden guy a whole lotta grief!!! Read more

You'll notice that I wrote that in 2011. And in some ways this actually still holds true, knowing what we know today. In order to hoover up the entire internet, agencies like the NSA still have to go knocking on Google's door. Read more

I raised that issue in the post, explored it in the subsequent 24 episode recaps and even did another follow-up about the lack of racial diversity in the Jetsons after I was hired at Gizmodo. Either you haven't read any of that (including the post above) or you're trolling. Read more

Your comment makes me think you didn't actually read the post. Read more

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