Predictions
The Total Electric Home
Posted By: Paul - Thu Apr 10, 2025 -
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Category: Domestic, Predictions, Yesterday’s Tomorrows, 1950s
Man Nears the Automaton Era
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Posted By: Paul - Sat Apr 05, 2025 -
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Category: Body Modifications, Predictions, Yesterday’s Tomorrows, 1930s
Mindy in the year 3000
Scientific experts hired by the site tollfreeforwarding.com have created images of Mindy, a possible future human in the year 3000. Mindy's body "has physically changed due to consistent use of smartphones, laptops, and other tech."Like other humans of the year 3000, Mindy has developed a hunched-back, "text-claw," "tech-neck," a thicker skull, smaller brain, and a second eyelid ("to prevent exposure to excessive light").
In other words, technology is going to turn us all into something like morlocks.
Check out our previous posts "Homo cerebrointricatus," Future Man, and "Why the man of the future may have only one eye" for more predictions about what humans will evolve into.
More info: tollfreeforwarding.com
Posted By: Alex - Sun Mar 16, 2025 -
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Category: Predictions, Technology, Anthropology
The Rise of Acronyms
Back in 1947, Dr. T.M. Pearce, a professor of English at the University of New Mexico, noted that World War II had speeded up the use of acronyms in English. He predicted, "tomorrow's English may contain more and more of acronym and abbreviation."He sure was right about that.
Muskogee Daily Phoenix and Times-Democrat - Aug 19, 1947
Some info about Pearce (via New Mexico Archives Online):
Posted By: Alex - Wed Feb 05, 2025 -
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Category: Languages, Predictions, 1940s
Sortes Vergilianae
Ever since ancient times, it's been widely believed that it's possible to use the text of Vergil's Aeneid to foretell the future. The practice is called the sortes Vergilianae.What you do: think of a question about future events in your life, then open the Aeneid to a random page. The first passage that catches your eye will provide the answer to your question.
Of course, the practice is little known today. Instead, we've got the Magic 8 Ball. Someone should make a version of the Magic 8 Ball that would offer up lines from Vergil.
More details from A History of Reading by Alberto Manguel:
Posted By: Alex - Wed Nov 27, 2024 -
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Category: Predictions, Ancient Times
2002: Child Life One Hundred Years from Now
We have a theme on WU of predictions of a future we have already reached. Some are way off, others more accurate. You may decide for yourself how this book fares. While we do not yet have personal winged flight for kids, we do have telephones with visuals.Read the whole thing here.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Oct 20, 2024 -
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Category: Predictions, Yesterday’s Tomorrows, Children, Books, Science Fiction, 1900s
Bushells Tea: The City of Tomorrow
Posted By: Paul - Sat Apr 13, 2024 -
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Category: Predictions, Yesterday’s Tomorrows, Soda, Pop, Soft Drinks and other Non-Alcoholic Beverages, 1940s, Australia
By 2531 everyone in Japan will be named Sato
Japanese demographics professor Hiroshi Yoshida has warned that by 2531 everyone in Japan will have the last name 'Sato'.Why? Because a) Sato is the most common last name in Japan, and b) Japanese law requires that married couples use the same last name. Because Japanese women almost always take their husband's name, this means that the surname 'Sato' is slowly crowding out all other names.
From the Guardian:
The Think Name Project is promoting Professor Yoshida's research as a way to gain support for ending Japan's law requiring couples to have the same surname.
More info: spoon-tamago.com/
Posted By: Alex - Thu Apr 04, 2024 -
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Category: Odd Names, Predictions, Science, Asia
A Death Foretold
Malkeet Singh predicted that he would die on Sunday, April 8, 1984 at exactly 10am. Then he would be reincarnated as a 1400-year-old faith healer. Dozens of people turned up to witness the event, but nothing happened. So Singh told the crowd to come back after lunch. Still, nothing happened. The next day Singh returned to work at the local Ford factory.
Coventry Evening Telegraph - Apr 9, 1984
Posted By: Alex - Mon Feb 26, 2024 -
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Category: Death, Predictions, 1980s
1999: Our Hopeful Future
Like most predictive non-fiction, this 1956 volume has both hits and misses throughout. But I was amazed by one page, which predicts flatscreen TVs, a Roomba, and household surveillance cameras, bing-bang-boom!Read the whole thing here.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Oct 01, 2023 -
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Category: Predictions, Yesterday’s Tomorrows, Books, 1950s
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