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It's pretty crazy that a guy from 100 years in the past did your sponsor reading for you while describing the future.

"Austria may unite with Germany" Oh boy was he in for a doozy

"Austria and Germany might have united" Yea umm...that happened a bit sooner than he might have thought and it wasn't to last.

Impressive. Predictions like this only come from people that understand history and society in a much deeper level.

It’s actually incredible how much was already discovered and invented by 1922

I like that this guy says that alot of old buildings will remain, because you see alot in future predictions (be it genuine speculation or scifi) that entire cities are completely new. I think alot of futurists forget that "if it ain't broke don't fix it" is by far the cheapest and most practical philosophy

He starts by correctly assuming our emotions and sociology wouldn't be much different, but then most of his incorrect predictions are where everyone decides to live in massive communes with children raised by the government.

My great great grandmother, who died 102 years ago, described taking her first ride in a Model T Ford. A neighbor picked her up to go into town to vote in the local election. She said she was so amazed by her ride in a horseless carriage that she talked about it for days.

This guy had extreme insight. I wouldn't absolutely be capable of doing anything like that for 2122 and indeed the very idea frightens me - I'd probably end up depicting a Mad Max-like scenario, in my desperate pessimism.

This man just earned so much respect from me, not necessarily from the predictions themselves (though they are quite close in some cases) but the way he talks about them and about predictions. That ending statement was amazing!

1922 guy got a few things comedically wrong, but mostly was pretty dang close. Obviously a very sharp dude. I definitely couldn't do the same for 2122. Hats off.

His ideas about trust busting and short work hours in America make me feel sad.

His predictions about the status of women in 2022 we're pretty incredible

He was remarkably presicent. He's one of the few futurists that (mostly) understood that future structures and technologies often supplement other existing forms, rather than completely replacing them in a short time (unless those older ways are absurdly inefficient, dirty and costly). He had a bit of a blind spot for the relationship between capital and labor. He assumed a favorable political environment for antitrust action would persist forever, and that workers would broadly share in the wealth of the future. I'm sure he would be depressed to discover that these relationships are more like a pendulum, with that pendulum shifting in favor of the interests of capital by 2022.

Interesting how he predicted the fall of the monarchies that survived and the survival of the monarchies that fell.

This was shockingly accurate as far as predictions go over such a long time period. And he was spot on about someone from 1922 not being as shocked if brought to 2022 as if you brought someone from 1822 to 1922. The basis for a great many of our things already existed 100 years ago.

"Movies will be more attractive!" - 1922 "Video games will have better graphics!" -2002 uncanny

Insane how accurate some of this is

Well, that was charming: optimistic without being delusional. It made me feel better, somehow.

He was mostly right but too optimistic. 😢

1:30 It's true, my house is haunted by a terrifying little girl from 1922 whose demonic presence seeks only madness and death, and when I showed her my iphone she just kinda shrugged.

I lived in a 1920’s apartment that had a maid’s quarters. Were hired domestic workers really that common? Seems crazy to me. I guess it really was the Gilded Age.

Imagine having to rip up your floor and replace it any time it got dirty. Much easier just to clean it! He was impressively close with a lot though

Really fascinating perspective. His vision of a glassed over city and communal living sounds like a nightmare to me. I liked some of his ideas though. Some of them were very 1984.

women paying for alimony was the most utopian prediction in this video

The part where he predicted "The Rings of Power" would be an embarrassing failure gave me chills

I love these types of stories, thank you for sharing! It is remarkable how much she got correct!

Wise words in the intro. I remember years ago an argument in the early days of the internet with some people who insisted that progress is an exponential curve, whereas I said it's an S curve and you eventually run out of things to discover and invent, but that when you're on the steep part of the S, it appears "exponential". What interested me is that they found the whole idea of progress slowing to be really offensive, almost like infinite progress was a faith to them. Hence an innocuous comment I made about progress slowing down started a flame war, as we used to call them in the old days.

I like the "giant floor tape" idea, but imagine this guy guessing a roomba. "There's a robot that cleans my house" still blows *my* mind.

Kinda wild that he predicted the domestic workers to collectivize, and missed household appliances.

Brilliant content, a superb mix between your narration, the selection of contemporary images and the writtings themselves...!

As someone from DC, seeing the Smithsonian covered by that giant skyscraper made me realize that the height restriction in the city was actually a good thing.

I think the final sentences are worth taking to heart. Eacb era is difficult and we should face our challenges the same way as people did in the past, by doing our part in taking care of the world. We are living in very important times for the human race and this planet and all that is left for us is to do our best in keeping the planet habitable for the future.

In America most records are from 23 & me or ancestry via DNA links but many records are either sealed or locked away in city or state archives and were forgotten about until they are unsealed. Honestly sometimes we don’t know these records exist until they are found. We did lose a single census due to fire but it wasn’t recent. We also look into newspapers and other things of the time. Most American records are available just sometimes looking is the best way to find something.

I'm sure those "wireless telephones" will never be a thing. I mean we need to have wires, right? Hehehe.... Incredible how many accurate predictions he made.

His insight on the death of the “American Dream” is so poignant

Sheesh, this may be as spot-on as you could hope for in hundred-years-ahead forecast

It’s funny how this guy’s predictions turned out to be “sort of”. Almost 50/50. Some pretty accurate to today, some predictions way off. It would be funny to travel back in time with an iphone and blow that guy’s mind😂 Show him videos you saved of just walking around in 2022.

"They will be producing literature...more then today" *looks nervously at twitter*

It’s crazy to know that someone from 1922 called out modern birth control, the welfare system and children basically being raised by the state in public schools and other state sponsored programs so accurately. It’s literally happening right now. All I was hoping for was flying cars by now but instead we got tiktok.

🤔Allowing for a few minor inaccuracies...SPOT ON!...Top marks, for this prophetic look into a future that was, as it is now, a lot more predictable than we might think!...👀

"In these wars, the airplane bomb will seem as out-of-date as today seems the hatchet."

Quite interesting. I caught myself almost laughing at a couple of things it was so ALMOST perfectly accurate

What was with that whole 'lunch pill' idea that people in the past had? They really stuck with that one, but its pretty obvious why we'd never have it. If you have two food shops and one is selling pills that give you all the calories and vitamins you need, and another one is selling you a nice chicken sandwich with aioli and lettuce, which would you choose when you're hungry? i.e the look, texture and taste of food has a hell of a lot to do with quenching your appetite.

"In view however of the improved position of women and her earning power she will not only cease to be entitled to alimony but she will be expected after the divorce to pay her share of the maintenance of the children." Didn't realize folk back in 1922 were so adept at comedy.

I think the idea of wireless technology is pretty mind-blowing even to a 20th century girl selling sweets at the central station. I mean, the internet still blows my Gramps mind, and he's using it since the mid to late 80s, paying hundreds of bucks a month to look at ... what are basically called "Greentexts" nowadays

Wow thanks for this gem of a video. I have learned about the futurist movement in my studies and it has sparked my interest ever since.

Just a beautiful, incredibly perceptive piece of writing. The end section is a masterpiece.

He was right about the community dwellings with its own authority. Huaguoyuan in China. We all live in gated highrise communities and our authority doesn't let people go outside anymore.

Yes I do find a lot of the predictions startling weighty and on point however what really got me thinking is how much of the "servants" and maids etc were done with by most of our society today across the world. Just to think that back then a lot of our society lived daily as servants, valets, cleaning maids, attached to a household. And now have a lot of those jobs done away by simple electronics So strange.

"Winter won't come" sigh....how I wish that was true!

This is one of the most fantastic pieces you've made!

His vision of community housing sounds like the Soviet union

This is a weird one to think about. They're both prophetic and able to describe aspects of our present society better than we can (particularly I think of the structure of the family and the relationships in the context of a lot of responsibilities being taken over by the state), but also very stuck in its time, like the communal tenements. I think I could make a categorical statement here and say everything concerning economics here is wrong: While there was a trend of nationalising industries through a lot of the 20th century there have been frequent instances of privatisation. The prevalence of unions has deteriorated considerably. Women having employment is not always a choice, as implied here, but very often an economic obligation. The capacity to amass wealth has not passed in the United States, or even really in the United Kingdom (recent events notwithstanding), I think the notion of there being limited potential in a country in this manner is silly, and quite contradicted. The population part was interesting, although the notion that governments could conduct policy for things as long term as future labour forces is laughable. Also the equilibrium between overpopulation and a labour force discounts the option of immigration as a quick and easy supplement for the natural growth of the national population, which is strangely alluded to in this same article with the mentions of better transportation and a harmonised American culture. Sorry if I appear too nit-picky, this on the whole is very accurate for what it is. Usually past predictions for our time say more about their time than it does ours. While this example certainly does reflect the 1920s, I must admit it's one of the better sets of predictions I've seen.

100 years ago, my grandparents and great grandparents were working in a mill, making fabric in Fall River, Massachusetts

I JUST discovered your channel, it's like a giant documentary history mediatek about my favorite topics

Staying positive is really important. I believe by 2122 we will be well on our way of (re)discovering the wheel after nuking ourselves back to the stone age. We are an industrious bunch!

"Americans in the future will be producing literature more that ever before." Comics or porn?

Thank you. Much to think about here.

this guy was so spot on. he must be smiling in his grave

Pretty insightful. Crazy how spot on some of these predictions were, and yet he was incredibly way too optimistic about our Govts role to regulate industry and protect workers. Made me lol and cry simultaneously; though it makes sense given the labor movement of his time. Good find overall.

No matter how wild a prediction people made, they never see the internet coming

One of the most wonderful channels on UKposts. I am in love with this content, and your narration. Is there way we can support you and offer suggestions on topics?

i really like how the dude begins with "if you're gonna guess what the future is gonna be like, make sure its far enough that you dont live long enough for people to razz you about being wrong"

8:48 That image off telehealth is _eerily_ fucking accurate. The controls he's using aren't quite right, but they _do_ look _a lot_ like _laparoscopic surgical tools._ EDIT: 12:02 Ah, so this is where Doc Hammer and Jackson Publick got the idea for Dr. Venture Sr.'s office XD

Wow, this guy was a really good guesser. He got a surprising number of things right.

He got so much right and the stuff he got wrong is still kind of right in a hilariously ironic kind of way

Wow! That was beautiful. Well said.

The thing that our year 2022 was supposed to produce to startle that little girl was actually produced in 2008. Smartphones may as well be a form of telepathy.

very interesting though he had a number of blind spots. He seems to share the belief a lot of people had in the early 20th century that there wasn't much new to discover and that we would reach a finite limit, instead of there being a whole universe out there of possibilities...literally.

Wow this blows out every other prediction by a mile! This is truly impeccable and incredible!

Absolutely amazing!!!!

Most of his predictions occurred within 50 years of when he wrote this, but he was most right about how little things actually have changed.

4:58 He was right up until about 10-15 years ago. Now, to be a movie star, you just need to be run around in front of a green screen.

Very interesting. He was on what seemed like some wavelength that closely resembles our present.

if he had just switched out "the state" with "the corporations," he would have nailed it

Probably viewed as the craziest prediction in his time.

Seriously, seriously impressive that he predicted WIRELESS technology….. wow…

Very impressive. This was clearly the most prescient among predictions for the future from the early 20th century I've encountered. And its main strength was regarding how *little* change there would be in many aspects daily living. And most of what he got wrong were explored even earlier, but didn't work out, proved unfeasible, or ran their course. And hardly any people recognize the *cyclical* nature of trends when predicting the future.

13:12 The subway still ferrys folks under and throughout new york, but luckily there has been a redesign of the railway involving electronically controlled magnets which allow, albeit still only along a track, for the train to levitate and be pushed forward without the need for contact with the rails, thus negating all resistance save air resistance with the front, and enabling startlingly rapid transport at the cost of notable amounts of electricity, mind you. This has taken off well in japan, for some reason.

He got about half right I'd say. His predictions on residential organization being less than stellar, for instance. The best lesson we can take from this is that, when looking to the future, it's best to think in terms of the current social trends and how they might interact with each other. Idealism and pessimism aren't very useful tools. Also, there will be an element of the unpredictable random, so best to keep in mind that effect.

This guy was so right, look at all the literature we are infinitely producing in the comments section

That opening 2 minutes was soooo spot on. I mean it’s like an obvious observation but not something one would consider first when asked to describe the world 100 years in the future.

18:04 he predicted all those online fanfictions existing

so they said we'd be running low on fossil fuel now, back in the 1920s? yeah that tracks...

"what was your family doing 100 years ago" probably share cropping and bootlegging knowing my family

My mom was born in 1922. She is 101 now. Thanks for sharing.

These are my favorite videos. This is what history is about to me. I want to hear people's perspectives not just the leaders

Eerily accurate

Damn hes good, hope he does one for 2122 aswell

Crazy, I love this channel, been watching a couple years at least, I'm Choctaw, & I live about 20 minutes from Ft. Gibson, & used to live about 3-4 miles from the Verdigris river, & to top it off I got an ad for that movie Tulsa, weird, I guess.

@2:00 as an engineer I would have to disagree and say that the more we discover - the more we realize how little we truly know. This is the intrinsic humility of science; a method of inquisition called ‘nullius in verba.’ There is so much left to do. So much left to discover. So many questions. Some that shatter our basic assumptions: matter-antimatter asymmetry for one. So little time.

7:50 Definitely possible today; the human body REALLY doesn't like not filling its stomach, though, so ration pills are almost exclusively kept in the military.

Scary how accurate his technological predictions are. Scary how inaccurate his socio-political predictions are.

at 1:50 "...the more we discover the less there is left (to discover)" What a foolish thing to say.

This was wonderful to listen to. It fascinates me about the TV being in the lab in 1922 wow I had no idea

Impressive-I’d say he got about 70% right although he completely left out any sort of ideological developments (for instance, postmodernism-which will dominate in the near future if not now). But I wouldn’t blame him because ideologies are pretty much impossible to predict. All in all, get video-keep it up!

I'd like to hear you analyze the things he *didn't* think about. Actually a series, if there are enough, of these types of videos, would be *awesome* .

Its really interesting. Not only the pretty accurate predictions. But also trying to grasp the things that influenced this obviously well educated man. The term "Garden city" stood out to me for example. Its an urban planning movement that in the end did not become dominant because of a variety of problems.