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People just crave a glimpse into the future, and not just for the purpose of practical benefits for themselves, most often – just from curiosity.
This quality of a person, as a consumer of goods and services, in the beginning of the last century took advantage of a German company producing Hildebrand’s brand chocolate. She started selling her product with predictions: what will society be like in a hundred years.
In total, 12 pictures were released (one for each year), which brought additional revenue to the company as its chocolate became in high demand just for the reason that buyers were interested to know how their descendants would live, then we are with you.
We invite you to get acquainted with amazing creativity. science fiction artists of the time, because it’s not just interesting, but also informative: after all, many figures today art, from artists to filmmakers offer us their vision of the future, say, through the same hundred years.
Wouldn’t it be as naively funny as in the case of by Hildebrand’s? Or embarrassment may come out, because the development of society, as many have long noted, is rapidly accelerates. We are not talking about the fact that these “funny pictures” can get into the cave to a stone age man who with perplexity will look, say, at the image of the American F-35 fighter trying to understand what kind of beast is depicted in this picture. And such a scenario, unfortunately, may well be …
However, we look and marvel, or maybe even regret or we rejoice (to whom it is closer) that not everything came true, what was so dreamed of at the beginning of the last century …
Please note that our ancestors dreamed of personal aircraft, which we have not achieved so far.
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By the way, airships, including personal ones, could well be reality nowadays if in a competition of manufacturers supporters did not win supporters at that time airplanes.
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But the x-ray for the police looks too primitive.
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As, however, and the prototype of a modern TV (computer), with with the help of which you can watch at home a live broadcast not only theater performance – almost anything.
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The idea of the city under the roof of our ancestors was at least naive, but very encouraging: we did not live up to these hopes, apparently, they have not yet grown to them …
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But moving houses with steam locomotives looks right hilariously.
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And although we still do not have submarine tourist ships, it is quite possible at the level of modern technology, but … the game not worth the candle. Not worth it yet …
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But our ancestors represented personal walks on water somewhat different than we have in reality. How much better is it or worse – judge for yourself.
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A hybrid train-to-ship is certainly cool, but society is not saw the need for this and therefore still somehow manages without such cars. Yes, and to carry out similar – still from the area fiction.
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But the car that creates good weather, we seem to already have. Only in our time it is called a little differently – climate weapons. Alas…
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There are still no excursions to the North Pole, as well as to Antarctica, and in the next hundred years is not expected …
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And finally, a moving sidewalk that is commensurate with modern stairs and platforms – escalators. Not everything is as wanted and I saw, but … smile again, or maybe even brush a tear from eye and … close another page of our history.
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