Were we naive?

The way we were going to live in the future...

I'm calling this one Atomic House. Was the cold fusion error the last gasp of that dream, the consequence-free glide of technology, cutting through the materiality of everyday life? Considering that the idea of man's complete control over the material (AKA inferior because non-spiritual) world goes back at least as far as the philosopher's stone and transmuting lead into gold...

Nah, don't think so.