Past Predictions of the Future Every Decade

No one predicted that 2020 would turn out how it did. Wrong or right, speculating the future seems to be one of humanity's greatest pastimes. This video explores predictions of the future throughout the 20th century. From winged gliders, to flying cars and all the way up to space travel. Inevitably, this video isn't a comprehensive account of EVERY prediction ever made. But I hope to have sampled some predictions/speculations and visions over the years that have come to be representative of whichever decade that they emerged in. Oh, and in case you're wondering, I haven't included predictions in the 30s and 40s. Lots of reasons (time/repetitive/WW2), but may return to them in a dedicated future vid.

Quick note: my apologies for the few audio *pops* in the video. I held the microphone in the wrong positions and only realised in post. Always learning. Let me know what I can do to improve in my videos, I'd love to hear your thoughts.

Finally, I'm astounded by the amount of traction my channel has gotten recently. Especially my angels vid which is currently hitting 250k views! Thank you all who have subscribed and liked my content, I'm excited to be on this journey with you all.
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Inspired by Kevin MacLeod

Intro/Outro - Epic of Gilgamesh in Sumerian (Peter Pringle)
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#future #prediction

[aidenboi]

Can you imagine in the future people might still be on youtube and your watching an old video and you see comments says 100 years ago

[Aci_yt]

See you all when Youtube recommends this in 50 years

[AlbertScoot]

One of things I've noticed about previous predictions of the future is that they expected culture to stay the same.

[Simon_r]

My grandma has a book where someone in the early 1900's draw a picture of a dogfight in the year 2000. The dogfight was also fought with airships.

[AverageAlien]

Imagine being born in 1900. First ever flight when your are a toddler, passenger planes when you're a teen, massive world war, then metal airplanes and fast cars, then another world war, then nuclear weapons, jet engines, supersonic travel, rockets, and men landing on the moon by the time you're 70.

[fpsreactions]

I love how each generation basically takes their own style and makes it look more futuristic. The future is unpredictable.

[AlexA-vluz]

I predict this channel is going to BLOW UP!

[hayfrand]

I remember always seeing old predictions like this and noticing how much they overestimated humanity. I don't think much crazy stuff will happen in the next 50 years or so. I imagine it to be like today but just, *more* of it if that makes sense. Taller skyscrapers, more crowded citys, faster PCs with prettier rainbow lights, less resources, higher temperatures with stuffier air, more expensive everything.

[ToastersChannel]

I think we still have unrealistic expectations for the future lol

[Croissant_]

“In the future, people would laugh at funny dog”

[augustavon]

Now the year 2000 is considered nostalgic and oldschool lol

[immy]

I think Earth's "Deep Sea" DLC is gonna be unlocked soon

[mr_cookies]

“In the future, humor will be randomly generated!”

[starhalv]

One thing never changes: we only see how the richest live.

Edit: because of many comments, here's an explanation: I meant richest societies, not richest people

[skeller]

One of the most prescient books I’ve ever read was “The Machine Stops” by E. M. Forster, published in 1909. Given the first flight was 6 years earlier, he envisioned a world in which passenger planes were already obsolete, and people lived in hive-like structures and communicated using a device that sounds very much like an iPad. It’s a short read and very worthwhile when looking at predictions of the future.

[drovertable]

Seeing how people drive, I hope personal aircraft commuting will never be a thing.

[emelody]

Prediction: “Shop for items with the click of a button”
Me: “Hey that’s actually pretty accura--“
Prediction: “You will also eat sawdust”
Me: “nevermind”

[F.RO.H]

"We finally created the first ever flying machine!"
*118 years later*
"We are fucked."

[kamileon]

I LOVE content like this and, while I'm late to this by 2 years, I want to say that I am so so glad I found this. This entire theme, and technology themes like it, are ones that I think of often. I was actually looking for this about a month back, in today's time, and surprisingly no one showed up that had a video I agreed with. But maybe today I worded it correctly. Anyway.

Thank you sir, the man behind hochelega, for making such a profound yet exciting video. By the by, unrelated, you do have quite a good speaking voice.

Right then. I wish you the best!

[mardy]

No matter how hard you try, you'll always be stuck thinking within the boundries of your own time.