What the world will be like in a hundred years (1922)

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Post by rzk » Thu, Jan 06, 2022, 11:14 AM UTC

What the world will be like in a hundred years (1922)
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Post by almogbaku » Thu, Jan 06, 2022, 11:37 AM UTC

this is pretty cool to see how he predicted some things pretty good

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Jan 06, 2022, 11:53 AM UTC

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Post by bramgn » Thu, Jan 06, 2022, 11:53 AM UTC

almogbaku wrote: post #2

this is pretty cool to see how he predicted some things pretty good

True, but also how outlandish certain ideas were about peeling your house clean and replacing meals with pills...

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Post by JofArnold » Thu, Jan 06, 2022, 12:02 PM UTC

bramgn wrote: post #4

almogbaku wrote: post #2

this is pretty cool to see how he predicted some things pretty good

True, but also how outlandish certain ideas were about peeling your house clean and replacing meals with pills...

Huel?

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Post by krapp » Thu, Jan 06, 2022, 12:08 PM UTC

    I am convinced that in 2022 the advancement of science will be 
    amazing, but it will be nothing like so amazing as is the 
    present day in relation to a hundred years ago. 

    A sight of the world today would surprise President Jefferson
    much more, I suspect, than the world of 2022 would surprise 
    the little girl who sells candies at Grand Central Station.

Hubris... hubris never changes.

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Post by ekianjo » Thu, Jan 06, 2022, 12:15 PM UTC

almogbaku wrote: post #2

this is pretty cool to see how he predicted some things pretty good

good cherry picking to find someone who was correct about quite a few things among an ocean of wrong predictors/predictions :-)

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Post by hwers » Thu, Jan 06, 2022, 12:21 PM UTC

krapp wrote: post #6

I am convinced that in 2022 the advancement of science will be amazing, but it will be nothing like so amazing as is the present day in relation to a hundred years ago. A sight of the world today would surprise President Jefferson much more, I suspect, than the world of 2022 would surprise the little girl who sells candies at Grand Central Station. Hubris... hubris never changes.

I kinda feel like this will be true in the next 100 years though (2122).

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Post by viraptor » Thu, Jan 06, 2022, 12:21 PM UTC

The "less cleaning due to less coal" part is not something we really think much about these days, but the older limestone buildings can really show the difference. Here's a view with the old and either pressure-washed or redone wall: https://maps.app.goo.gl/Wso9gae4JPsN6NaG6 and that's on a residential side street... Imagine getting your clothes slowly covered with it every time you go out.

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Post by danielrpa » Thu, Jan 06, 2022, 12:21 PM UTC

krapp wrote: post #6

I am convinced that in 2022 the advancement of science will be amazing, but it will be nothing like so amazing as is the present day in relation to a hundred years ago. A sight of the world today would surprise President Jefferson much more, I suspect, than the world of 2022 would surprise the little girl who sells candies at Grand Central Station. Hubris... hubris never changes.

Hubris yes, but perhaps not wrong. I'm not sure if the progress between 1922-2022 was as significant as the progress between 1822-1922. These are two 100-year periods of immense progress.

Have in mind that he's referring to the 100 yr period that brought us cars, airplanes, railroads, telephones, light bulbs, electricity, electromagnetism, relativity, evolution, etc.