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Dec 2021
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#224 | Predictions Of The Future From Th...

Leonardo English
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As a general rule, people are very bad at predicting the future.

In this episode, we'll take a look at some predictions of the future from the past, looking at what people thought our "today" would be like, the times they got it wrong, the times they got it eerily correct, and we'll also look at some predictions about what the future holds for future generations.


  • Why there was never a great need to "predict" the future until recently
  • A Roman born in 100BC being transported 1,000 years into their future
  • The prediction of Robert Malthus in 1798 about population
  • Paul Ehrlich's 1968 prediction: "The Population Bomb"
  • John Maynard Keynes's 1930 prediction about a reduced working week
  • Predictions from 1900 about what cities would look like: flying cars, roofs, driving ships
  • The Millennium Bug prediction
  • The man who could predict the future: Nikolas Tesla
  • Tesla predicting self-driving cars
  • Tesla predicting video calling
  • Tesla incorrectly predicting fashion choices
  • Tesla predicting an increasing expenditure on scientific discovery vs. war
  • Predictions today about our future: cancer, multi-planetary, metaverse
  • The terrible predictions top 3: computers, silent films & everything being invented

Full interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/predictions-of-future


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