Compare these commercials, which focus on digital technology and everyday use of that technology by individuals, to the 1939 New York World's Fair "world of tomorrow" promotional films by General Motors trying to imagine life in 1960. GM is, naturally, going to emphasize transportation, while AT&T is going to emphasize communication techonology, but think about the greater implications of the two "futuristic" views—given the lives people are living all over the world, and the vast differences between various cultural and economic groups.
