21 Predictions About 2024 from 1924
What will the world look like in 2124? It's hard to say, especially as digital tech grows at shocking rates every year, and experimental technology like A.I. has seemingly limitless potential. But back in 1924, people had their own ideas about what the future might look like, and they were both shockingly right and horrendously wrong. Here are 22 predictions from 1924 about what the world would look like 100 years in the future.
Paul Fairie, the author of a new book called The Press Gallery, which analyzes news headlines from the past took to Twitter to share these clippings showcasing what people thought might happen in the future. One of these clippings mentions music and shockingly predicts that artists might not even need to leave their own homes in the future. While this is completely true, the author's reasoning mentions people growing tired of traveling to concerts, and artists growing tired of the effort it takes to put them on. Based on the recent Eras and Renaissance tours, and the immense effort that went into both, I'd say that take is way off.
Read about that, and 20 other predictions from 1924 about what the world 100 years in the future.
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Women will be beautiful, physically strong dancers. -
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Beds will automatically fling children out in the morning. -
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Horses will no longer exist. -
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Men's legs will wither away from underuse. -
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Canada will have a population of 100 million. -
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Automobiles will travel on speedways through the centre of town -
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Debutantes will dye their skin all the colors of the rainbow. -
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Diamond engagement rings will be replaced with 100 pound bags of sugar. -
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Concerts will be performed remotely. -
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Interplanetary travel will be as easy as trans-Atlantic travel -
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Americans will laugh at radios. -
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Movies will bring about world peace. -
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Life expectancy will be 100 years – and 75 will be considered young. -
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Men will wear police-proof pockets. -
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Everyone will wear flying clothes. -
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Jazz music will be considered classical. -
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Movies will be so realistic that it will be difficult to distinguish them from real life. -
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The human family will be at the point of starvation. -
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New York City will have a population of 30 million -- and no transit problems. -
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Men will stop wearing corsets. -
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Family albums will be videos instead of photographs. -
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Apartment buildings will be 100 stories tall.
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