This may have been posted already, but I was fascinated by what he got right, and what he was way off on. (Automobiles will be cheaper than horses??? Majority of drugs not taken orally? A little early on that one...)
In 1900, an American civil engineer called John Elfreth Watkins made a number of predictions about what the world would be like in 2000. How did he do?
As is customary at the start of a new year, the media have been full of predictions about what may happen in the months ahead. But a much longer forecast made in 1900 by a relatively unknown engineer has been recirculating in the past few days. The Post brought this article to a modern audience last week when its history editor Jeff Nilsson wrote a feature praising Watkins' accuracy.
It was picked up and caused some excitement on Twitter. So what did Watkins get right - and wrong?
A scan of the article can be found here (improperly titled, someone didn't do their due diligence)
http://www.buzzfeed.com/burnred/predict ... 911-n-281t
The Ladies Home Journal What May Happen In The Next Hundred Years
by John Elfreth Watkins, Jr
"Now, more than ever, the illusions of division threaten our very existence. We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another as if we were one single tribe.” -King T'Challa, Black Panther
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it. ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. ~Winston Churchill
