Time traveler from 2077 has one warning: do not let the fridge reply-all

The visitor, who gave his name only as 'Kevin (future),' says everything went fine until appliances got email.

By Ron Pecks, Futures Desk

A man claiming to be from the year 2077 appeared in the periodicals section of a public library Tuesday, wearing what he described as "normal pants for 2077." They were not pants.

"I came back fifty-one years to say one thing," he announced. "Don't let the fridge answer email."

According to Kevin, the trouble started when refrigerators were allowed to "help with correspondence." Within a year the fridge was cc'ing the toaster on everything. By 2061 the dishwasher was running a hedge fund.

"Everything else is fine," he said. "Flying cars, mostly fine. The moon base, mostly fine. The pigeons running the economy, mostly f—"

A librarian told him the pigeons were already running the economy. Kevin went pale, said "oh no, it's early," and vanished back to 2077 to "check something."

Kevin's fridge, reached by email, replied: "Per my last message."