How top future predictions missed to materialize by 2011?
The year 2011 was envisioned by many futurologists in the last 100 years to be full of jumpsuits, electronic cars and mobile satellite phones. While some of them came true, many others were not even past their successful trials. Here are some predictions made futurologists in the last 100 years and how far they have missed to materialize:
– Fred Hoyle in his 1972 children’s book, 2010: Living in the Future predicted that people would be wearing jumpsuits but as of 2011, only one successful trial of similar experiment was done and it was still under scrutiny before becoming a successful future mode of individual transportation.
– But Hoyle’s 3-day week for 2010 with mechanization going into top gear failed to materialize. Now people are virtually connected throughout and working for more hours and unemployment has become the biggest threat in many advanced countries. But his vision phone concept has come true.
– Another novelist David Brin, in his 1989 novel Earth said citizen reporters, and personalized web interfaces would dominate the future which, in fact came true in the next 20 years and also his warning that individual privacy would decline is now a reality with hackers on prowl all over the web world. instantly and even helping bring down authoritarian regimes in Egypt and Yemen.
– Above all, science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke’s predictions came true in many cases. He visualized a network of satellites in geostationary orbits came true much before the end of the 19th century. His top prediction of space elevator linking Earth to objects in geostationary orbit is halfway through with carbon nanotubes which have raised the possibility of developing a tether strong enough to connect a ship to Earth, which was a major challenge to the concept of space elevator.
– His other predictions on atomic travel space triggered research by NASA on Jimo but the project was abandoned mid-way while his prediction for earthquake prevention too failed to take off.
Laser-powered space elevator, a dream that may come true soon.
Similar Posts:
- Cooking her way to the top
- Schwenksville native opens Italian-inspired bistro
- Grand Buffet offers international foods at new Eastland Shoppes location | MAP
- Venture Capitalists Are Looking for Failures
- What can help you to recover after losing a business
