There are many old things that I think are cool, and I have a feeling that they are going to be just as cool, even cooler in the 21st century. The 21st century is a decade of technology and the internet was really picking up, but I don't think people are really as attached to technology as I think they are. Technology is supposed to make life easier; not be a crutch as it is to some people.
Technology is also causing some people to do abuse, such as "sexting" on cell phones and texting and tweeting while driving. Here are some old things that I think could be cool in 21st century as much as the 20th century.
Phone booths - these things went obsolete in the latter end of the 20th century because of cell phones but I can see a comeback of phone booths. People need to have a private space to talk, especially with cell phones and they need a space where you can get good cell phone reception and data wi-fi on cell phones. A phone booth could work for iPads as well as a wi-fi hotspot along with a place to yammer. This will cut down on texting while driving and lower eavesdropping on cell phone conversations.
Minature jukeboxes - I see people want to blast music out of their laptops. This is a sign that the portable jukebox will definitely fly in the 21st century; even more than the 50s. The average price of a song out of iTunes is 99 cents a song, which is a perfect value for a jukebox. You pay the jukebox 99 cents and it will use an iTunes like service with the internet to stream music. Your music selection will be much higher than it was in the 50s which will make it even more popular today. Portable video players will be popular as well when you can watch YouTube videos in the booth while you are sucking your malt.
Drive in movies - I can see drive in movies are going to make a comeback. People are getting sick of netflix and all these sites, and would rather see a movie uptown. But there is a problem with parking in front of the movie theatre - see the show in your car.
Old fashioned TVs with rabbit ears - the TV will the knob and the rabbit ears looks cool, even with the high defintion screen of today. Maybe you can add the vintage crackle effect as well because the high definition might be bad for your eyes. Looking through crackle is good eye therapy.
The ghetto blaster - The boombox of the 80s sounds way better than the crappy lo fi sound of the iPod. People don't want to listen to lo-fi music anymore; they are missing the quality and the bass of a boombox, and it is an easier way to discover music than to search on iTunes. The hip-hop today needs the bass of the ghetto blaster; not in an iPod. iPods are made for crappy indie rock.
Gas pumpers, milk men, grocery baggers - they are great jobs even though they are obsolete. It will create many jobs for people who need a job.
Actual books - the internet has infinite amount of garbage these days it is not any funny. I am seeing the internet is starting to lack it's credibility. I don't have anything against the blogospere and YouTube, but I can see the blogosphere has also idiotized the internet. It seems like when you want to search for something on the Web, you can find any reliable information, just someones opinion. I shouldn't talk to, I am contributing to the collaborative project of the internet as well but I think you need standards on the web as well. Books will not die and it is better to read a book than to search the Web. Books are usually written and edited by intelligent people; it is drafted, edited, and revised; polished. The internet does lack a lot of the intelligence that books and more traditional media has to offer.
Manufacturing and farm labor - more traditional labor is what is needed in this contemporary society. We are great craftsman and we have many people that are qualified to do this type of work; why send it to China and have us obsess on the office? Agriculture is a natural human instinct - finding food and it will be a lot cheaper for us to do what our instinct is - to find food. Exporting and importing food makes it more difficult and you have to worry about pesticides and mad cow disease. We are also made to make things too - to do actual work. No more research and pencil pusher stuff.
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