‘Miracles You’ll See In The Next Fifty Years’, 1950

7 comments to ‘Miracles You’ll See In The Next Fifty Years’, 1950

• Tania

  October 30, 2011 at 10:29 am · Reply

  I like the way they thought everything would develop but there’d still be housewives.

• Stefanie

  November 24, 2011 at 2:23 am · Reply

  they certainly got the sawdust right! cellulose, anyone?

• Bill Thompson

  January 26, 2012 at 2:35 am · Reply

  Igniting oil slicks to eliminate hurricanes! Street illumination by miniature atomic suns! Personal helicopters! Plastic hose-down houses and dissolvable dishes!

  But then again, automated production lines, weather forecasting, microwave ovens, antibiotics and 85-year lifespans, suburbs and teardrop-shaped cars, Skype and online shopping, were pretty much right on.

  Funny, though, the comment about the moon. They had no idea how close they were to not just an orbit but a lunar landing in 1950.

• Bill Johnson

  March 23, 2012 at 8:32 pm · Reply

  Bill Thompson–

  They had no idea how close they were to a lunar landing? We’ve been waiting 62 years and still haven’t landed.

• Dee Stephens

  March 28, 2012 at 1:27 am · Reply

  Yes in 1950 if they only knew that 19 years later in 1969 we would actually land on the moon Im sure they would have been amazed! I am glad we are planning on going back soon!

• eydie

  May 6, 2012 at 9:54 pm · Reply

  i, too, found it funny that they thought the male/female roles wouldn’t change. the little woman would still be at home and the man would be the bread winner. notice how they said “he paid 5,000 for the house,” not THEY?

• Birdy

  May 7, 2012 at 4:42 am · Reply

  New York to San Fransisco in 2 hours? god, I wish….