What ‘The Jetsons’ predicted right — and wrong — about the future

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Smithsonian magazine.One of the things that separates “The Jetsons” so clearly from other sci-fi, according to Danny Graydon, author of “The Jetsons: The Official Guide to the Cartoon Classic,” is that it’s neither dystopian nor utopian — definitely not “Mad Max” but not the peaceful Federation of “Star Trek” either. “It was trying to have this forward-thinking view of where we might be a century on from when the show first aired,” Graydon said.

To 1960s audiences, the Jetsons’ videophone — a big piece of hardware whose staticky screen gives way to an image of the person trying to reach you — seemed like a dream.

By 2022, we outdid that tech without even realizing it — and we’re already sick of it. Skype came along in the early 2000s, and FaceTime followed in 2010.

Thanks to the pandemic, we all have video chat trauma, even if the name “Zoom” does sound kinda Jetsons-y. “It’s pretty amazing how accurate it was, especially in the Zoom age,” Browsh said. “We’re starting to, more and more, live that life.”  While sassy robot maids like Rosie aren’t hitting the market any time soon, we’ve had cleaning help in the form of Roombas — which are actually based on landmine technology — and other robotic vacuums for ages now.We also have Jetsons’ flat screen TVs, cameras that can look inside your body and drones that dot the sky.