rumor had it that people would have no teeth by 2024 thankfully this Century old prediction about the future didn't come true but others got a few things right about today's world one Professor was worried that horses would be on the brink of Extinction by 2024 he thought that as cars and tractors became more common horses wouldn't be needed anymore hence the future Generations would view them as something old-fashioned and not part of everyday life still the depressing picture he painted couldn't be more different than reality Switching gears to the bustling city streets one Swedish architect
envisioned a future where the US would totally revamp its cities because of cars He predicted that the old buildings would get torn down instead three Lev Speedways would be built zooming right through the heart of town the skyscrapers would have car entrances way up on the 15th floor moving sidewalks and underground systems would be used for moving Goods around this way people would get rid of the big trucks clogging up the streets sure cars are everywhere now but such Blade Runner like cities aren't quite the norm yet and instead of building higher roads we're trying
to make our cities more walkable breathable and livable forget about cars back in the day a New York City real estate specialist was pretty convinced that by 2024 we'd all be navigating the skies for our daily commutes he even told people on on the radio that the sky would be filled with personal planes and flying from home to the office would just be the regular way to start your day there are indeed some people who get to enjoy the comfort of their private jets yet again the skies aren't exactly black with aerial Flyers as he
predicted the closest US regular folks get to Flying to work is hopping on a plane for a business trip we're not jumping into a personal aircraft parked in the backyard of our suburban homes and flying to our downtown offices by the way not everyone pictures planes in the new century a journal from 1900 predicted that the fastest one could get to Liverpool from New York would be in 2 days with electric ships this next prediction probably sounded like pure science fiction back in the day a British scientist imagined a world where technology would allow us
to perform tasks such as signing checks to sending out fingerprints for criminal investigations remotely he imagined that people would be able to conduct their business without ever leaving their homes his beliefs might have raised eyebrows back then but today they read like the description of Modern Life he questioned why anyone would choose the hustle and bustle of City Life when they could work from the comfort of their own home today the internet and digital technology have made it possible indeed and often preferred for people to work from home so 10 points to low for his
foresight the accuracy is so jaw-dropping it's almost as if he gazed into a crystal ball to peek into the future a parental advice columnist was quite concerned about what our eating habits would do to us in a 100 years he wondered if we'd all end up with no teeth or if we just use paint for color on our faces sure we've got some issues with junk food and not everyone's eating their greens like they should but it's not all doom and gloom like he thought people are more into healthy eating than ever before with lots
of us trying out plant-based meals and getting into exercise teeth thanks to better Dental Care most of us are keeping our Smiles longer not everyone shared his disturbing beliefs though a British politician was telling folks that by 2024 the average life expectancy would be at least 100 years old hitting 75 would be like being in your Prime basically the new Young he figured science would would get us there making sure our grandkids would outlive us by decades life expectancy hasn't quite hit the century mark for everyone yet we're definitely living longer and stronger thanks to
modern medicine and a bit more knoow about what to eat and how to live 75 isn't exactly the new 25 but there are people at that age out there running marathons traveling the world and living it up yeah that sir Kingsley would be stoked to see on the other hand an article from 1900 predicted that the average American would be 1 to 2 in taller which turned out to be correct 21-year-old males are 1 and 1/2 in taller than they were in 1912 while females are about half an inch [Music] taller some were concerned about
our teeth some were concerned about what we would eat with them a millionaire copper magnet worried in a hundred years we'd all be rumaging for snacks with not enough to go around that's why he set up a whole Institute just to figure out how to grow food faster his goal was to make sure we could feed a booming population without breaking a sweat it's like he saw the future we're all about that farm to table and vertical Gardens life there are not half a billion of us yet and thanks to Tech and smart farming we're
not exactly fighting over the last carrot Thompson would be proud to see how his push for better farming is helping us keep our plates full he wasn't the only one worried about food resources and population a doctor was worried we'd all be squished together like sardines by 2024 he believed there would be too many of us to feed he figured we would need to put a cap on how many kids people could have well we're here now and there are definitely a lot of us yet again it's not quite the Sardine situation he imagined despite
some challenges Innovations in food production are helping us keep up so no one's handing out tickets for baby making just yet yet speaking of kids in a letter to a New York newspaper one reader pictured a 2024 where women lead the charge he imagined a world with women holding all the power spots men on the other hand would be tackling home base waiting on the babies or taking care of the pets today women are indeed smashing glass ceilings left and right we've seen women rise to incredible Heights in politics and business but it's more about
teamwork these days with everyone contributing their strengths sticking to the kids theme Here a journalist back in 1924 imagined how the day of a student would look like in a 100 years their story article suggested that beds will automatically fling kids out in the morning to wake them up that's one idea that makes you appreciate your annoying morning alarm huh and to make things more a dystopian they imagined these beds would be operated from the schools to make sure each student would be in the class right on time the school uniforms would be replaced by
onesies and wouldn't be required to get washed the breakfasts wouldn't involve a tabloid and classroom seats would be electrically warmed but the worst part is if teachers realized a student was getting distracted they would shock them with an operating switch on their desks it's a relief this prediction didn't come true sounds like the same cruel inventor of population control venturing deeper into the steampunk themed prediction at the end of the 20th century a group of visionary European artists Illustrated some postcards about what the world would look like a 100 years later a few of them
are surprisingly accurate in some aspects for example these postcards hit the nail on the head with the video phone concept and those phone models look way more Chic than a smartphone however other postcards are completely off the Mark here is one that depicts a future with a weather controlling machine while another imagines we would have rofes over the cities to protect us from the weather claustrophobics can take a deep breath of relief and check out this one that shows moving sidewalks and this one illustrating flying taxis one postcard even suggests we would walk on water
with the help of balloons that would have been cool that's it for today so hey if you pacified your curiosity then give the video a like and share it with your friends or if you want more just click on these videos and stay on the bright side
