The miracles of the next fifty years (as published in 1950) *****MUST READ*****

[Pyro]

Linky link

All I can say is: LOL

now you can read how naive foolish people were back in 1950.

 

[Platypus]

Dude I wash my couch with a hose too. What are you implying?!

 

[joinT]

<< Dude I wash my couch with a hose too. What are you implying?! >>


LMAO

 

[Pyro]

do you livein a town of concentric circles too?

 

[Wedesdo]

well, some idiots do shop by &quot;picture-phone&quot;... lol

hehehe... how untrue:


<< By 2000, supersonic planes cover a thousand miles an hour, but the consumption of fuel is such that high fares have to be charged. In one of these supersonic planes the Atlantic is crossed in three hours. Nobody has yet circumnavigated the moon in a rocket space ship, but the idea is not laughed down. >>

 

[Wedesdo]

also,


<< Instead of driving from Tottenville to California in their car?teardrop in shape and driven from the rear by a high-compression engine that burns cheap denatured alcohol?the Dobsons use the family helicopter, which is kept on the roof. >>



ahahahahahhhahahahahahhahahahahhahahahah

 

[bmd]

Frozen brick of soup anyone?

 

[Elledan]

After reading this, who dares to make a prediction of how the world will look in 2050?

 

[minus1972]

hmm...better luck next time

 

[Rand]

LMAO
Some of that's pretty funny there

 

[ElFenix]

how come the one thing they say won't happen, going to the moon, did? everything else, nope!

 

[Asha'man]

it's always as interesting to read these!

this sure was a good one!

Asha'man

 

[trmiv]

They did get the fax machine part right



<< takes no more than a minute to transmit and receive in facsimile a five-page letter on paper of the usual business size. Cost? Five cents >>



Plus, I doubt abyone back then could have imagined the internet and what a large part of our lives it would be. I'd love to write more on this, but I really have to hose down my bedroom.

 

[PistachioByAzul]

50yrs from now we'll look just as foolish.

 

[Jothaxe]

The best lines are:



<< . Discarded paper table &quot;linen&quot; and rayon underwear are bought by chemical factories to be converted into candy. >>



umm!!!... rayon underwear




<< Before [a hurricane] has a chance to gather much strength and speed, oil is spread over the sea and ignited... >>



I think some people might have a problem with this...

Thanks for the link!

 

[Maetryx]

Maetryx here,

I think they got the essence of the changes right. We *do* shop from home, send fascimiles, video conference, travel more, heat/thaw food quickly, eat prepared food more often, use better materials for construction, predict the weather better, use disposable items, have better and more antibiotics, etc.

I think he did a damn fine job. He didn't get carried away. He did not assume there would be a cure for cancer. He did not assume that we would be using Star Trek technology. He did not assume we would live off-planet.

My hat's off to the author. I wish I was that good at predicting the future.

 

[Emos]

<< Nobody in 2000 sees any sense in building a house that will last a century. >>


I guess they DON'T make them like they used to Ma!

 

[Pretender]

I think the major problem with their assumptions are that they assumed that culture would stay exactly the same: same speed of technological invention and same educational emphasis on technology over being fscking morons, and same core family - housewife and working man. If they were right, our society might've gotten like that. Though I think the problem is that the more advanced we get, the easier life is, and the easier life gets, the less people feel the need to become smart to succeed, so our advancement gets slower.

Interesting read.