In the beginning of the 1960’s, two cartoons came out to indicate a possible future. The Jetsons was an animated sitcom produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and they lived in a space town called Orbit City in the year 2062. They are a middle-class family of four; George, Jane and their two kids, Elroy and Judy. The creators of “The Jetsons” accurately predicted technologies decades before they would become commonplace such as 3D printing , digital devices and wearable technology. The juxtaposition was the Flintstones (technology to bomb yourself into the stone age). The contrast and comparison of things fits right in with the sixties. The sitcoms of that era reflect a looking glass. Today we have a digital looking glass called the cyber-self.

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