Trying to predict the future is a fool's errand. We simply have no way to anticipate scenarios that involve the undiscovered. This short video is fun in that it does suggest the use of tiny video screens and giant monitors, while suggesting that both might be "too futuristic". It also anticipates the need for more energy efficiency, while completely missing the technologies that make furnaces obsolete. Net-zero? In 1982 it was simply not on the radar yet.

Video: 1989 Thought Houses Would Look Like This by 2020 | Tomorrow's World | Past Predictions | BBC Archive