I like how they accurately predicted a lot of the technology, but got the sociology all wrong. Was it really so difficult to predict in 1969 that women wouldn't all be stay at home mothers? Or (more realistically) just too controversial at the time to casually suggest that the wondrous world of the future would have women working, rather than spending all their time at home shopping online while their husbands are at…
"Was it really so difficult to predict in 1969 that women wouldn't all be stay at home mothers?" Maybe not difficult to predict, but easy to deny and ignore. I was 12 in 69, and "women's lib" (liberation) was a current term, which could either be used positively or negatively.
I figured they were at best trying to avoid controversy. I'm reminded of how the old Star Trek was progressive and boundary-pushing for its time, even though some episodes have questionable connotations and attitudes about women (and they're all required to wear miniskirts and go-go boots to work!)