via Mosnews,
Prince Vladimir Odoevsky, 1803-1869, was a gifted man. Apart from writing philosophical books, stories for children and composing pieces of music, he also wrote science fiction, trying to imagine what his country would look like in 2,500 years, in 4338.
Odoevsky suggested in future there would be a kind of connection between houses that would allow people to communicate quickly and easily, the way they do now via the Internet.
‘Houses are connected by means of magnetic telegraphs that allow people who live far from each other to communicate,’ Odoevsky wrote.
Even more interestingly, Odoevsky suggested every household would publish a kind of daily journal or newsletter and distribute it among selected acquaintances, a habit which Russian bloggers immediately recognized as blogging.
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It would have been better if the name of the science fiction book authored by the Russian prince was given. Otherwise, there would be a sort of pandarabox claiming such forecasts in mythological books all over the world. For instance, in the Indian epic Mahabharat, a court official could narrat the happenings in the war between the cousins in a faraway field to the blind king. Indians too claimed that TV networking was in the vogue those days. Yes, our forefathers were intellegent and the Russian prince could be gifted with such a hindsight. Sir Arthus, a famous scifi writer in Sri Lanka is doind the same work for last several decades.