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'''Where's my flying car?''' is a popular phrase to express [[technoscepticism]] about the over-promise and under-delivery of prospective future technologies. Some of the main influences have been ''[[Back to the Future]],'' ''[[The Jetsons]]'', and 60's [[techno-optimism]].
== xkcd ==
[[xkcd]] enjoys decontructing this trope:
* [https://xkcd.com/864/ xkcd:Flying Cars]
* [https://xkcd.com/678/ xkcd:Researcher Translation]
* [https://xkcd.com/1623/ xkcd:2016 Conversation Guide]

== Examples ==
* "We wanted flying cars, instead we got 140 characters" - statement from [[Peter Thiel]]'s [[Founders Fund]]<ref>http://www.businessinsider.com/founders-fund-the-future-2011-7?IR=T</ref>
* [http://www.livescience.com/25146-flying-cars-broken-science-promises.html Where's My Flying Car? Science's Promises Broken]
* [http://geekandsundry.com/wheres-my-flying-car-the-tech-of-back-to-the-future-2/ Where’s My Flying Car? The Tech of Back to the Future 2]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzm6pvHPSGo IBM Flying Cars Commercial] from the year 2000
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IWantMyJetpack I Want My Jet Pack] on [[TV Tropes]]
* [https://thebaffler.com/salvos/of-flying-cars-and-the-declining-rate-of-profit Of Flying Cars and the Declining Rate of Profit]

== See also ==
* [[Virtual reality]]
[[Category:Opposition to transhumanism]]
[[Category:Technoscepticism]]

== External links ==
* {{reddit|whereismyflyingcar}}
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Zeerust Zeerust] on [[TV Tropes]]
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IWantMyJetpack I Want My Jet Pack] on [[TV Tropes]]
* [https://www.amazon.com/Where-My-Flying-Car-Memoir-ebook/dp/B07F6SD34R Where Is My Flying Car?: A Memoir of Future Past Kindle Edition] by J Storrs Hall

== References ==