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Atlas Shrugged (historical context) (view source)
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== Technological limitations—and some new inventions ==
== Technological limitations—and some new inventions ==
Rand wrote in an era when television was new, airline travel was still hazardous, and telephony consisted of landlines and the distinction (now almost obsolete) between “local” and “long-distance” calls. Yet she projected four inventions that at the time were strictly in the realm of science fiction (as half of them still are): They are:
Rand wrote in an era when television was new, airline travel was still hazardous, and telephony consisted of landlines and the distinction (now almost obsolete) between “local” and “long-distance” calls. Yet she projected four inventions that at the time were strictly in the realm of [[science fiction]] (as half of them still are): They are:
# [[John Galt#The electrostatic motor|Electrostatic motors]],
# [[John Galt#The electrostatic motor|Electrostatic motors]],