Clarke Predicts The Future of Remote Work in 1964! 🤯

Arthur C. Clarke was a famous science fiction writer born in 1917 and died in 2008. In his lifetime, he wrote many books and screenplays, including 2001: A Space Odyssey, the Rama series, The Fountains of Paradise and others. In the 1960s, Arthur C. Clarke made a prediction that would change our lives forever.

On 21 September 1964, Arthur C. Clarke appeared on the BBC science programme Horizon to discuss his future predictions… and made some bold assertions! He described what life would be like at the turn of the millennium and how communication would be so advanced that people could reach anyone from any place within seconds. This, he said, would allow the citizens of the future to conduct business from wherever they may be without being tied down to one particular office.

In his words, he predicted:

"a world in which we can be in instant contact with each other wherever we may be, where we can contact our friends anywhere on Earth even if we don't know their actual physical location.”

“It will be possible (...) for a man to conduct his business from Tahiti or Bali just as well as he could from London. (...) In fact, men will no longer commute; they will communicate.”

Arthur C. Clarke predicted remote work in 1964, and it's incredible! His predictions for the year 2000 weren’t that far off, either. Interested in learning more about his interview? You can watch it here (part 1) and here (part 2).

With this kind of technology available today, it's hard to imagine what will happen 50 years or 100 years from now. I am excited to see what happens next!

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Stay rebellious,

Michelle

P.S. I hope you enjoyed this special edition, inspired by Paulo Cardoso’s post