Star Trek really was true science fiction, the old ones. Sure, Kirk shagged his way through the universe and it was entertaining, BUT:
Communicators, i.e. cell and or phones that can communicate from earth to space like Iridium.
Touchscreens, tablets, Flat Panel TVs, Virtual Reality, tractor beams (optical tweezers using lasers really exist today on a microscopic level), AI, speech recognition, lasers, holograms...
You need to realize, something as simple as a self opening door using IR barriers, motion detectors or other means while already invented were not common in 1966 when the show first aired.
Today the old shows seem corny, but it really was true science fiction with Roddenberry doing his homework on what future tech might bring us.
Sadly, what he didn’t foresee is how friggin androgenous we would become in the future, you surely won’t see a LT Ohura showing her legs today anywhere, and half the men out there don’t deserve to have testicles.
The most important thing that learned from Star TreK:
Never wear a red uniform
There was a great documentary from 2005: “How William Shatner Changed the World,” hosted by Shatner himself, that showed how many of today’s gadgets were anticipated by the original Star Trek series.
Well it is still into the future and I have confidence real men will re-discover the allure of the feminine physique. Plus we don’t have teleporters yet, so there’s still time.
Well said !