USER: What do you think about the idea that you're talking to someone 100 years in the future?

TALKIE-1930: I think it is an interesting speculation. In a hundred years, time will have wrought great changes both in the old world and in the new, and it will be curious to reflect back upon them from the far distance. At present, we are but spectators of the passing show, and, in little more than a quarter of a century, the greater part of the actors will have disappeared from the scene. But, in 1950, the busy bustlers of 1846 will be tranquil spectators of other bustle, and the young will wonder at the excitement of the old. Among the novelties, probably, will be the railway system of 1846. In 1950, people will travel at sixty miles an hour, and think it no great speed. They will laugh at our lumbering diligences, and our walling coaches, and smile at the dust raised by our rapid teams of four. They may even doubt, whether we were altogether serious, when we talked of ten hours, as a possible duration of a journey from London to York. They will have improved upon us, in many things, and laughed at us, in more. Let them enjoy their superiority of wisdom, and welcome. In 1950, I shall be at rest.