17 Interesting, Funny, and Pretty Naive Predictions About Life 100 Years Ago in 2023
One of the things I love to daydream about is what the future might look like. We’re big sci-fi fans and it’s up to us individuals to try to make personal predictions about what not only the next year but the next his decade or even the next 100 years will have to offer. It’s a hobby. This love of futurology is nothing new. For many years people have tried to foretell the distant past.
Paul Fairleycompiled by researchers at the University of Calgary viral thread About the predictions people made in 1923 about life in 2023. wild It has a very distinct retrofuturistic and utopian twist! Scroll down to see how people who lived a century ago imagined us now, and the most Upvote the newspaper clippings that caught your eye, and take a peek at the internet’s reaction to Paul’s post.
Dear Panda, what do you think 2023 will bring? What do you think 2123 will look like? Share your thoughts in the comments.
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#1
No more hard work by 2023.
Doctor. His electrical expert, CHARLES P. STEIN-METZ, believes that the time will come when, thanks to electrical work, the monotony will disappear and people won’t work more than four hours a day. He visualizes his life changing in 2023 in an amazing way. All cities will become “clean cities”. It’s an electrical job.
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#2
Doctor decline and current illness is unknown.everyone is beautiful
We don’t need beauty contests. There are so many beautiful people, it’s almost impossible to pick a winner. The same applies to baby contests.
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As of this writing, Paul’s thread has been viewed nearly 9 million times and has over 56,000 likes on social media platforms. And it’s no wonder. He made threads incredibly relatable, entertaining and educational, and made Twitter think about the past and the distant future.
Some of the most interesting predictions made by people in 1923 were that by this year we would have a four-hour workweek, and everyone would be disease-free, beautiful, and live to be 300. was included. It will also become a thing of the past. Someone even predicted that radio would replace gasoline, but it’s a retro-futuristic aesthetic that we’d love to see played in movies and TV shows.
#3
WS should worry.
good night! By 2023, just a century ahead of her, it is predicted that women will probably shave their heads. And men wear curls. Maidens might also pronounce it the height of style in personal priming to blacken teeth. – Savannah News.
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#Four
One scientist says that a century from now the average human life expectancy will be 300 years. considerable change. Now we live about once a month.
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One prediction that was eerily accurate was that the US population would reach 300 million. About 332 million people currently live in the United States.
But those who thought there would be 100 million Canadians in 100 years were wrong. Over 38 million people live in Canada today.
#Five
By 2023, there will be no mail between New York and San Francisco. Concerns in Pittsburgh and London document orders from Beijing merchants on talking film, and cargo ships at 1,000 miles per hour deliver the goods before sunset. A watch-sized radiotelephone will keep you in touch with people all the way to the ends of the earth.
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#6
“Kidney Cozy” is worn to protect the kidneys on cold days. It’s the same as keeping a teapot warm in the North with a ‘tea cozy’.
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Predicting the future is never easy, but there are some things you can do to make your guesses a little more accurate. A while ago, bored panda We spoke with Aaron Genest, a labor expert in the technology and innovation industry and manager at Siemens.he explained to us what we had to do A Peek into the Investment Space If you want to know what the tech landscape will look like in a few years.
“I argue that most people underestimate the timelines required to produce the technological commodities we depend on and the investments made to enable them to exist. The whole industry is betting,” he said.
“For example, it takes almost two years to develop and manufacture a computer chip and bring it to market for a mobile phone. It takes five years to put something into a new kind of car. , what will our car gadgets look like in 2026? We need to look at what automakers are asking their suppliers to design today,” the expert previously told Bored Panda. Told.
#7
By 2023, the US population is likely to be 300 million, which means significant advances in dryland irrigation and lowland drainage.
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#8
The new Polar Airline has opened, making it possible to fly across the Arctic from Chicago to Hamburg in 18 hours.
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So “futurists” or seers don’t have a crystal ball to look into to predict the future. They look where billions of dollars are invested. The way we work may also change. The Covid-19 pandemic has forced the world to adopt hybrid or fully remote work.
Working from home has suddenly become a viable alternative to going to the office. Of course, the exact opinion on this varies greatly between companies and industries.
#9
When we read the forecast for 2023, with all kinds of aircraft flying in the sky, we don’t start our day by reading world news, we start by listening to the news.
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#Ten
Cancer, tuberculosis, infantile paralysis, ataxia and leprosy will be eradicated.
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Meanwhile, in a separate interview, Ramona Pringle, director of the Creative Innovation Studio and associate professor at Ryerson University’s RTA School of Media, explained to Bored Panda: What technology trends are you seeing?. Storytelling. Connectivity. entertainment. These are the things that will need to survive for decades to come.
“I don’t know what the future holds. Those who say so are selling snake oil. But there are some things we can trust. We love stories and are part of something bigger than ourselves.” Whether it’s word-of-mouth storytelling, books, blogs, movies, or video games, we’ve never lost our love for stories,” said the expert.
“Similarly, we are looking for ways to be together, connected, and part of a communal experience, even if we can’t go to a concert hall or the Colosseum. It will continue to be the driving force behind our entertainment experience,” Pringle told Bored Panda not long ago.
#11
War in 2023 AD.
Professor predicts wireless wonders.
||How We Will Fight in 2023 A.D.” is the subject of Professor A. M. Law’s September contribution to The 19th Century and Beyond. The professor details the latest scientific horrors of war and mentions his own water jet invention. Very electrified, making cavalry obsolete.
“The war of 2023 will, of course, be a wireless war, for there is no end to the possibilities of this great power.”
“Wireless telephony, vision, heat, power, and writing could all play a role.
Professor Law says that at the moment, it can destroy wires at distances of over a yard without making any connections at all by expending about 3 horsepower.
Professor Low concludes that it is quite possible that psychic telepathy will be present in embryos and form a very useful method of communication as civilization progresses into the next century.
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#12
Minneapolis Journal: Aviation guru Glenn Curtiss has a fascinating prophecy about air travel. He predicts that by 2023, radio will replace gasoline as the driving force and the skies will be filled with countless ships navigating well-defined routes.
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“Immersion and interactivity have long been goals for creators and media makers when it comes to how technology impacts entertainment,” she said.
“Over the last decade, we have been obsessed with virtual reality because of how it allows us to do both of these things. I think one of the things we can expect going forward is in some ways the antithesis of virtual reality, where entertainment is instead in a headset. Instead, it’s more about the augmented or fictional reality that surrounds us,” the expert pointed out.
“Ten years ago we didn’t talk to robots. With the advancement of technologies such as augmented and mixed reality, entertainment has shifted to characters and stories that you can engage with all day long, in the outside world, rather than off-screen. I think we can expect it to be something we can get involved in. Our home,” she told Bored Panda.
#13
By 2023, human life expectancy could increase to 100 years. In individual cases he can increase it to 150 years, perhaps he can increase it to 200 years.
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#14
Anthropologist predicts male curls by 2023
Based on his statements about masculine and feminine style trends.
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“Who would have thought that people would pay to watch other people play games? Media that offer something to fascinate us and come together, or virtually, have always been my favorite. It appeals to us,” she said.
“The last few years have seen the rise of interactive and immersive venues like the Ice Cream Museum and the Dr. Seuss Experience. These are places you can go with friends and family and share experiences. and memories can be shared, and these environments are designed to encourage that, so it feeds back into the online experience,” the researchers explained to us in 2020.
#15
Tools and dwellings are manufactured primarily from pulp and cement to utilize vegetation and stone at every stage of decay, normal waste, or nonconformity.
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#16
No more private kitchens. Tomorrow’s food will be flavored and prepared with chemical formulas that preserve the freshness of fruits and meats and strip them of their indigestible properties, making them ready for use. Enjoy a delicious blend of concentrated vitamins, calories, ferments and tissue tonics instead of sauces that just tantalize your taste buds.
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“Certainly, we find ourselves in an era of social distancing and we are seeing new creative ways to ‘be together’ even when we are apart. You can expect entertainment that helps you connect and immerse yourself in an experience, a story, or a community. ”
#17
Canada may have 100 million people. She is strong now, with excellent facilities for transport, commerce and trade, now she is well equipped to serve twice as many people, and now she is the power of Canada 100 years from now. She has a population of 100 million people.
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Which prediction surprised you? What do you personally think the future will look like a century from now? Share your thoughts in the comments.
Once this list is complete, please check out Features of Bored Panda Regarding Paul’s earlier thread, which dates back to 1894, “No one wants to work anymore.”