Jeffrey Tucker's "It's a Jetson's World" < http://mises.org/document/6528/Its-a-Jetsons-World-Private-M...; has a few chapters that discuss how technology in current times are in some ways much better than imagined in a futuristic fantasy world.

The book is available there for free -- there are some articles that some many not agree with politically, so pick the chapters you want to read first :)