During covid times I heard many interesting conspiracy predictions such as the value is money will fall to zero, the whole society will collapse, the vaccine will kill 99% of the population etc. None of those things have happened yet, but can you add some other predicitons to the list?
Actually, long before covid hit, there were all sorts of predictions floating around. You know, things like the 2008 recession will cause the whole economy to collapse and then we’ll go straight to Mad Max style post-apocalyptic nightmare or 9/11 was supposed to start WW3. I can’t even remember all the predictions I’ve heard over the years, but I’m sure you can help me out. Oh, just remembered that someone said that paper and metal money will disappear completely by year xyz. At the time that date was like only a few years away, but now it’s more like 10 years ago or something. Still waiting for that one to come true…
On a lighter note there’s all the retrofuturism predictions like us all using hot air balloons to get around or everyone using video phones for day to day communication.
As someone who just had a video call while on the road, I’m struggling to believe that it’s actually real.
I used a pocket sized, battery powered, computer with a flat screen and wireless data transfer to have a real-time video call with someone. The computer has three cameras on the back and one on the front, which means that about 50% of the cameras I own are actually in that one computer. The data of the operating system and all the necessary files are not stored on magnetic tapes or disks. Instead, it’s using a technology based on nano-scale silicon structures. Actually, some of my data isn’t even stored on the computer. It allows me to access other, much larger, computers that store some of my files such as documents and photos. The tiny computer is also capable of receiving electricity “over the air”, but I wasn’t using that feature at the time. If I told all of this to someone in the 1970’s they would consider me a scifi author.
Also on that “nano-scale” point. Each element in the processor is 10s of atoms across. Actually I think I heard the new Apple processor has a “resolution” of 11 atoms.
A prediction from 1900 that in the year 2000 everyone would use ‘Footomobiles’ for transportation. Honestly much preferrable to what actually happened.
They failed to account for the rider looking like a total dork
Well they got one thing right: There are scooters blocking the sidewalk. The numbers of wheels was a bit off though.
I’m in NYC and, while not everyone is using them, electric scooters are popular (i see people commuting by scooters all the time). And most of the kids i know have manual scooters. So the prediction was off by a couple of decades.
Segways?
Basically
Are you crazy?
Those things are death on wheels. 💀