Different predictions of the future from the past

squatting dog

squatting dog

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I've been digging around the web and looking at different things that were predicted as far as the future. I've got to admit, some of the idea's weren't that far off.
For instance, the 1950's version of a GPS. :cool:
Or the 1930's idea that folks would soon be communicating via video. 😮
The one that struck my funny bone though was the Life magazine article that showed what people in 1914 thought future fashion would be. If you've ever been to a burning man festival, they nailed it. :eek:

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SD...I've always contended that science fiction becomes science fact (eventually). You know those movies about the invisible man? Well an invisibility cloak has been in the works for quite some time now. It almost works.

I remember thinking it was so cool that Star Treks crew could talk on phones that were not connected by wires. How did they do that?!! Of course, now we know.

Then there's flying cars in the Sci Fi shows/movies which have become a reality.

There have been many shows about parallel universes. Scientists have fairly recently acknowledged their existence.
 

OneEyedDiva said:
SD...I've always contended that science fiction becomes science fact (eventually). You know those movies about the invisible man? Well an invisibility cloak has been in the works for quite some time now. It almost works.

I remember thinking it was so cool that Star Treks crew could talk on phones that were not connected by wires. How did they do that?!! Of course, now we know.

Then there's flying cars in the Sci Fi shows/movies which have become a reality.

There have been many shows about parallel universes. Scientists have fairly recently acknowledged their existence.
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Yep, some were spot on... others... not quite... yet. :)

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squatting dog said:
Yep, some were spot on... others... not quite... yet. :)

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The link shows a picture of a man who looks badly burned and doesn't show what I believe you meant for me to see/read. We can read papers on our computers and tablets. And with an android box that works properly and allows one to access an internet browser via the T.V. we can read papers there as well. I got a 6 month subscription to the most prominent newspaper in our area for 99 cents. After that I was offered a deal of $1.37 a month. I'm told newspapers cost around $2 each these days! And check this out...

 
When the movie “Soylent Green” hit the big screen in 1973; I recall feeling quite overcome with fear by dismal imagery portrayed in futuristic 2022 “of dying oceans and year-round humidity caused by the greenhouse effect, with the resulting pollution, depleted resources, poverty, and overpopulation.”

A bit traumatized, lol, I often fixated on the severe portrayal represented, in that I never let go of the disquieting modern fantasy.

The most influential, controversial scene, that lingers in mind; is the: Edward G. Robinson death scene | The Pop History Dig

“Which is regarded as one of the all-time classic death scenes in modern film history.”

“As Sol lies atop his bier he is surrounded by giant, building-size movie screens. The euthanasia death chamber was conceived as a sort of super-IMAX movie theater where previously “forbidden” images of forests, rushing rivers, and majestic mountains flash before the eyes of the departing in their final moments before death.”

As Sol Roth is transitioning, it’s stirring to watch his final conscious moments soar into blissful, harmonious emotion and beauty; surpassed, crowned only by the elevated act of mercy itself, i.e., euthanasia.

When the state of California recently legalized a new law to allow human composting. California Has Legalized Human Composting | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine

My first thought, revisited the indelible “going home” scene from Soylent Green; as perhaps one day becoming a humane and acceptable means for us to transform science fiction into reality.
 
Old_Dame said:
When the movie “Soylent Green” hit the big screen in 1973; I recall feeling quite overcome with fear by dismal imagery portrayed in futuristic 2022 “of dying oceans and year-round humidity caused by the greenhouse effect, with the resulting pollution, depleted resources, poverty, and overpopulation.”

A bit traumatized, lol, I often fixated on the severe portrayal represented, in that I never let go of the disquieting modern fantasy.

The most influential, controversial scene, that lingers in mind; is the: Edward G. Robinson death scene | The Pop History Dig

“Which is regarded as one of the all-time classic death scenes in modern film history.”

“As Sol lies atop his bier he is surrounded by giant, building-size movie screens. The euthanasia death chamber was conceived as a sort of super-IMAX movie theater where previously “forbidden” images of forests, rushing rivers, and majestic mountains flash before the eyes of the departing in their final moments before death.”

As Sol Roth is transitioning, it’s stirring to watch his final conscious moments soar into blissful, harmonious emotion and beauty; surpassed, crowned only by the elevated act of mercy itself, i.e., euthanasia.

When the state of California recently legalized a new law to allow human composting. California Has Legalized Human Composting | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine

My first thought, revisited the indelible “going home” scene from Soylent Green; as perhaps one day becoming a humane and acceptable means for us to transform science fiction into reality.
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I'll never forget that scene either. I still remember the look of amazement and joy as he looked at the screen. Some classical music was playing I think, but I don't remember what it was. That movie was terrifying.
 
In the 1981 movie Escape from New York, NYC in 1997 had been transformed into a maximum security prison. Forty years later, the film remains a guilty pleasure of mine, and Kurt Russell is still wonderful to see as Snake Plissken…🐍

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I remember there was this "political expert" type on a TV show in the late 60s. He predicted that Canada would break up, with French Canada becoming its own nation, and the US would annex the western parts of Can. as our 51, 52, 53 states. Yup, this was all going to happen by next year or so- he was totally assured it would. All we have left to do is notify those western Can, provinces, that they've been really part of the US for the last 50 years. That guy sounded like he was on to something???
 
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