Over 100 years ago, the creative minds of that time, including scientists and physicists, came together to paint a picture of life in 2023. Although some are ridiculously funny, there are also The predictions turned out to be surprisingly accurate.
Electric energy will free people from labor
Charles P. Steinmetz (English: Wikipedia).
American scientist Charles P. Steinmetz once predicted that electric energy will create a revolution, where people will be liberated almost entirely by labor by 2023.
In other words, he predicts a future where people are no longer busy, and electricity will reduce “dull jobs”.
“At the current pace of world development, there will come a time when people will work no more than four hours a day,” Steinmetz said in 1923. “With the time left, we could save it for our hobbies. personal preference”.
In addition, Steinmetz also shares a future where breakthroughs in science will help humanity to eliminate trash from the streets, just as there is no smoke in the sky.
These predictions are clearly “wrong”, when modern people still have to work on average 8-10 hours/day. Waste pollution is also one of the global problems for decades.
Carry your smartphone with you
Archibald M. Low (English: Wikipedia).
In 1923, when the classic rotary desk telephones were still in use at the time, British physicist, engineer, and inventor Archibald M. Low correctly predicted the future of this type of device. .
Specifically, he thinks that people will move towards using a communication device to simplify their work.
“In the next 100 years, we’ll be able to chat comfortably over a phone while in the car, in the house or on the train,” Low said.
Besides, Low also shared a vision of a phone that could take notes, or read a book even if it was miles away from the sender.
Is this not a vision of a smartphone?