Unfortunately for all of us, people’s visions for the future are often much more exciting and interesting than what actually happens. During the first half of the twentieth century, people’s opinions of the future were optimistic, to say the least (flying cars, robots that do your housework, rayguns). Now that we’re past the time when these things were supposed to be reality, they’ve become a sort of nostalgic vision of the future. In the 1980’s someone coined the term ‘retro futurism’ to describe this genre.
In the future, you have to lay down to drive your car.
I’m still waiting for my flying car.