I Miss the Future

When I was a young kid, growing up in the 70s, the future I was promised was mechanized, not digitized. Automated, not bluetooth. Machines were supposed to advance to the point that they would take care of my every need, perform all the menial tasks around the house, and get me places faster and more efficiently. Instead, I live in a future basically no one thought of back then, where information, communication, and entertainment has advanced in amazing ways, but I still have...