1911 Predictions of What Life Will Be Like in 100 Years

[greenfamilyfarms]

http://www.buzzfeed.com/burnred/predictions-of-what-2011-would-be-like-in-a-1911-n-281t

Read the section that starts with "There will be no wild animals..."

 

[KellyHM]

I wish the "no mosquitos or flies" was true.

 

[greenfamilyfarms]

I wish the "no mosquitos or flies" was true.

Amen to that! Also wish that the statement about no rats or mice was true as well.

 

[Beekissed]

I LOVED this article...is it real or a phony? They were startlingly accurate on many things.

 

[greenfamilyfarms]

I LOVED this article...is it real or a phony? They were startlingly accurate on many things.

From what I researched, it's a real article. You can google this article and get some good commentaries on it.

 

[greybeard]

Heck, I'm still waiting on the "just around the corner and in everyone's garage" predictions from the 50's regarding flyin cars--I want my flyin car dangit!!

(And of course that "electricity that's just too cheap to even meter" prediction from the 60s.....)