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Predictions About 2023 From A Hundred Years Ago (17 Facts)
Paul Fairie the University of Calgary dug through newspaper (https://www.npr.org/2023/01/02/1146569895/2023-predictions-from-1923) archives to find out what people in 1923 thought the year 2023 would bring. While some are both inaccurate and strangely outlandish, we have to stop and think about what we would predict for the year 2123. Hey, your grandchildren might well be around to read your hilariously inaccurate predictions! When our ancestors looked forward to a four-hour work day, they were thinking about machines doing the work, but not about how people could make a living wage working fewer hours. Other predictions were that cancer would be cured, Canada would have a population of 100 million, and there would be no ugly people left.
Other predictions were somewhat accurate. The US has 331 million people now, although we are having problems getting adequate household water to arid lands, much less irrigation. Another prediction was that newspapers would go out of business because of radio. It’s actually because of the internet. And someone predicted war would be fought from a distance, which conjures up visions of our long-range missiles and drones.
You can read these predictions from 1923 at Twitter or at Threadreader, where you can see the whole clipping without having to click on it:
https://twitter.com/paulisci/status/1609603820929290241
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1609597531251703809.html
Source:
https://boingboing.net/2023/01/05/predictions-made-in-1923-about-2023.html
More info: twitter.com
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The work day will be four hours long
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Women will blacken their teeth and shave their heads
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Radio will replace gasoline
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All people will be beautiful
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Life expectancy will be 100 years
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Life expectancy will be 300 years
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People will wear kidney cosies
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Men will curl their hair
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The US will have a population of 300 million
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Canada will have a population of 100 million
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Utensils will be made of pulp
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Flights from Chicago to Hamburg will only take 18 hours
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Newspapers will have been out of business for 50 years
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Private kitchens will disappear
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Cancer will be eradicated
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War will be wireless and we might have telepathy
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People will communicate using watch-size radio telephones
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