Lost Futures: Part 2

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In short: Technologies and companies that arrived early, chose the wrong path, or show the future existed earlier than people remember. Episodes: 1. The Fax Machine Before the Telephone; 2. BlackBerry: From Essential to Almost Gone; 3. Nokia: How a Giant Lost the Smartphone Era; 4. From a Ton of Disks to a Fingernail

A 8:59 short film in the series “Lost Futures”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.

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