Future

        

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      In an article from 1952 found on smithsonianmag.com the author had quite a few predictions about how life would be like in the next 50 years. The author predicted that the average lifespan would be 100 years, there would be no more world wars, the threat of overpopulation would be no more, and there would be a cure for most diseases. The average life span idea isn't completely absurd but still far off from what we are at in 2018. The threat of overpopulation is still a fear that we are working against today. Sadly there was a world war during the 1900-1950 no war time span. We do have more cures for diseases than we did in 1900 but having a cure for the majority of diseases is a hopeful, far-fetched idea. 

       Another article from bbc.com talked about the prediction of a man 100 years ago named John Elfreth Watkins. Some of his predictions were that there will be colored photography, the average height of Americans will increase, the population growth will slow down, and there will be cell phones and interestingly enough all of his predictions came true. Both of the American journalists were worried about overpopulation and were hoping for a decline in the population. 

       An article from mentalfloss.com talks about some 1900 German's predictions of what the year 2000 would look like. The Germans thought that there would be airships, undersea ships, people would have special shoes and bikes so they would be able to walk on water, and that there would be a roofed city. The submarine was invented in the 1900's and so was the plane but the walking on water idea is kind of absurd though not as absurd as the plane and submarine would have seemed during that time. The whole idea of climate control with a roofed city is just not scientifically plausible at all. Though the trend for the Germans seemed to be vehicles of travel for what they were hoping for in the future. 

      I predict that in the future your entire house will be voice controlled the lights, the shower, the TV, the air conditioning everything. I also predict that people will have purchased airspace around their homes as a norm. I also predict that there will be flying cars in the future.