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What Johnny Mnemonic got right about 2021: we keep trying to build housing out of old shipping containers.

Posted on January 25, 2021January 25, 2021 By Andrew Thaler 1 Comment on What Johnny Mnemonic got right about 2021: we keep trying to build housing out of old shipping containers.
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Internet 2021 from Johnny Mnemonic

From a global pandemic to information overload to out-of-control drug prices, 1995’s Johnny Mnemonic made a lot of bold predictions about 2021 that landed a bit too hard. Among the hits that landed hardest? The rise of containerized housing and a chaotic kludge of weird construction welded together in a way that doesn’t exactly scream stability and permanence.

The year is 2021. Can we put to rest the idea that a shipping container home is anything but an aesthetic choice?

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