I remember in elementary school (during the Ford administration), watching a film about the future of building construction and how these geodesic homes, with their ease of construction and efficient use of space, would account for up to half of the new homes built in the US by the year 2000. Then again, that was the same time that we were learning the metric system – we watched a film where the narrator enthusiastically proclaimed that “By 1990, the US will have completely switched to the metric system!”. The future ain’t what is used to be…
Frodo would approve.
I remember in elementary school (during the Ford administration), watching a film about the future of building construction and how these geodesic homes, with their ease of construction and efficient use of space, would account for up to half of the new homes built in the US by the year 2000. Then again, that was the same time that we were learning the metric system – we watched a film where the narrator enthusiastically proclaimed that “By 1990, the US will have completely switched to the metric system!”. The future ain’t what is used to be…