"we may not have to go to work, the work will come to us" Ugh... if only he had known.
@thetreblerebel3 жыл бұрын
It know bday does by way of the internet and computers and smart phones
@mynameisnotjerome18033 жыл бұрын
I love this working from home, I never want it to end!
@mashroob3 жыл бұрын
Trust me... they did.
@TiffanyS-od3xl3 жыл бұрын
@@mynameisnotjerome1803 yup
@ev44653 жыл бұрын
That it's so true
@wiggy89123 жыл бұрын
“Computers May be as common as today’s telephone” What if I told you that telephones ARE the computers?
@yinchuun3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, they never thought a computer would become so small that it fit into pockets.
@phatcat37053 жыл бұрын
@@yinchuun lol. Or take pictures/make videos.
@ColtraneTaylor3 жыл бұрын
@@phatcat3705 Or trade in virtual currency with it.
@awaf123 жыл бұрын
@@ColtraneTaylor or what's even a virtual currency
@jgp74143 жыл бұрын
To be fair they are predicting for 2001. Which is a pretty accurate assessment of PC's with internet at the time.
@cb613 Жыл бұрын
1960s: on my yearly salary I bought 2 vehicles, a trailer, a boat and 2 houses in just 10 years. 2023: my salary is 10x greater than salary in the 60s and I can barely make rent. I might not even get to finish writing this sentence because my landlord is going to turn off my electri
@HoustonRebel Жыл бұрын
Your landlord could have at least let you finish typing. 😂😂
@logical_evidence Жыл бұрын
@@HoustonRebel they power was cut off mid sentence. Lol
@goobytron2888 Жыл бұрын
Hope your power is back on. Someone wants to talk to you about extending your vehicle warranty.
@cindylou3404 Жыл бұрын
😂
@petitemaam Жыл бұрын
Rent is hard on 2 salaries in 2023
@RobertHaynesPeterson Жыл бұрын
How did they not predict that we'd spend our time watching 1960s instructional specials on personal computers more powerful than anything they could imagine, or on our phones? lol
@psdaengr911 Жыл бұрын
-while we didn't do anything that was worth being paid to do the rest of the time.
@imafirenmehlazer1 Жыл бұрын
your talking about humans here lol we can barely predict the weather moreless technology.
@joseventurausmc Жыл бұрын
While sitting on the toilet
@roninshogun4eva Жыл бұрын
@@joseventurausmcmy phone died so I had to take one of those 90s dumps.
@joseventurausmc Жыл бұрын
@@roninshogun4eva did you read the shampoo bottle?
@metalgrinch3 жыл бұрын
1960s people: "The future's homes are going to look just like this!" 2021: *people still living in houses built before 1960.*
@kiwitrainguy3 жыл бұрын
My house was built just before the First World War.
@johnd43483 жыл бұрын
Yep, most of the homes were I live built before the 1960's.I;m lucky mine built 1968
@yellowstonegaming3 жыл бұрын
Haha so true, my place was built in the 60s, as are most in auckland..
@1492irina3 жыл бұрын
It's now very high-end, but there are people living in Habitat 67 even today. (Including the architect!)
@celticc30033 жыл бұрын
So true! I live in an old southern mill village. My house was built in 1920! I think it’s charming and much better than these ugly “Jetson’s” abodes.
@heyokawalker1973 жыл бұрын
The children of the 21st century might be educated by a computer at home. LMAO
@EuanWhitehead3 жыл бұрын
True
@yu.czennie3 жыл бұрын
Covid said hi
@LordS200003 жыл бұрын
Little did they know
@Lanfeartyve3 жыл бұрын
The Fun They Had - Isaac Asimov
@windflowerrainstorm64973 жыл бұрын
oh no
@brianfleury1084 Жыл бұрын
I love it. I watched this episode when it was first broadcast (as well as the series The 20th Century) back in the 1960s. I find it amusing that I am sitting here watching the same episode on The Internet from a room in Victorian home built in 1871. So much for the houses and furniture that look like they came out if The Jetsons. Like most images of a predicted future, the futurists forget what will be preserved from the past as we move into the future.
@briane173 Жыл бұрын
I'd always snickered at that. For some reason they thought we were gonna just lay waste to everything older than 1999 vintage and we'd all be living like the Jetson's. Frankly the architecture of new homes today aren't far off from what they were back then, except that instead of looking like Frank Lloyd Wright designed them, they're designed to retain the flavor of the environment and history they're built in. As a consequence even newer homes look vintage in places. Go to NE and you find people enjoying the trappings of 21st Century technology from the comfort of their 300-year-old cottage or estate. This vision of the 21st Century obliterates the influences of the past and pretends the entire landscape will look like something from _Blade Runner_ or _Demolition Man._
@chiarac3833 Жыл бұрын
I grew up in a lovely old home that my great grandmother saw being built when she was a girl. There was something magical about that house and we owned it for over 60 years. My mom grew up there as well. When they sold back in 2006, the people who bought were just interested in dollars and no family has lived there since. It makes me sad knowing that. I loved that home and just want someone to love it like we do. I have many happy memories there.
@Zeoytaccount Жыл бұрын
You probably also remember how blatantly they actually disregarded the past in the 60s as well (cough Penn Station cough). I guess they just assumed that would keep going haha!
@brianfleury1084 Жыл бұрын
@@Zeoytaccount That's the way it had been for millennia, especially in the. US . If it falls down or is too costly to repair, just build a new one. At least that obvious crime started the historical preservation movement. I'm sure I was once in the old Penn Station, but I would have been very young. My mother & I were seeing her parents off on a train journey, that dates it.
@lisetteeliseparis707010 ай бұрын
Right on
@jessiejamesferruolo11 ай бұрын
"Computers may be as common as todays telephone.".... nailed it and more.....
@DrGamelove3 жыл бұрын
They really thought in the future we’d be real interested in variations of chairs.
@cerebrumexcrement3 жыл бұрын
welllllllll we do have a variation of chairs 😂
@SpinDuality3 жыл бұрын
All I need is a bed
@shoshishoshi1273 жыл бұрын
We still do develop new variations of chairs tho.
@ashleyklotz37623 жыл бұрын
Aren't we tho? Lol
@joajune3 жыл бұрын
Just like Sims!
@skywalkerhunterarchive3 жыл бұрын
1961: homes in the 21st century plus second homes... 2021: most cannot afford homes let alone second homes.
@LasVegar3 жыл бұрын
Oh then don’t come to Norway
@azizwahada14883 жыл бұрын
you mean can't afford rent, let alone a home.
@charlimaevaldez30063 жыл бұрын
I extremely agree with you..houses today are expensive.. STILL HOMELESS POPULATION RISE
@mzmadmike3 жыл бұрын
It's about 65% home ownership now, vs 63% when this was made.
@AD-cy4vj3 жыл бұрын
If only
@aeronlangheim3462 Жыл бұрын
I find the stuff about inflatable furniture funny, especially because there was a trend for that in the late 90's/early 2000's in some places.
@andria2369 Жыл бұрын
I remember for my 7th grade birthday party I got a purple inflatable chair. I was so excited. This was 2001. So they were accurate with that prediction.
@JohnSagin-SimViDeLucis579 Жыл бұрын
Too bad they couldnt make it through the hey-day of smoking haha
@lizacrochets9810 ай бұрын
I guess people back then thought no one had cats in the future 😅
@ACF19016 ай бұрын
It was really only something for kids .. adults weren't sitting on those things with each other.
@trumpanzee Жыл бұрын
That 30 hour work week, and month vacation was missed by a mile! 😂
@2ID_Doc4 ай бұрын
Only true in a few European countries who are in severe economic trouble.
@Splenda2573 жыл бұрын
He forget to mention that the 21st century people will have little handheld screens for watching videos on the toilet.
@Raq4573 жыл бұрын
Like I’m doing just now lol
@trevorfuson7153 жыл бұрын
Me too.. It's what I'm doing right now. Damn prostate!!
@GavinsMarineMom3 жыл бұрын
Excellent comment 😊
@DavidLLambertmobile3 жыл бұрын
1960: in the future do you have jet packs & no wars? 2020: uhhh, no we get into fist fights over fried chicken sandwiches & hoard 🧻.
@NUFIGHTER3 жыл бұрын
@@DavidLLambertmobile ...toilet paper!
@MattTweeks3 жыл бұрын
Chef: "How do you like your steak?" 21st century: "Cooked in seconds under a barrage of high energy radio waves"
@Urammar3 жыл бұрын
Microwave meals are extremely common
@F22Lover3 жыл бұрын
I can hear it in his transatlantic voice lol
@Blanksmithy1233 жыл бұрын
It's pretty interesting when u think about it, microwaves are insane pieces of technology
@privateuser41793 жыл бұрын
Top commemt
@ChrisGurin3 жыл бұрын
I looked up the origins of microwave ovens and found an article "A Brief History of the Microwave Oven" in IEEE Spectrum (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. ) "at the 1933 World’s Fair in Chicago, Westinghouse demonstrated a 10-kilowatt shortwave radio transmitter that cooked steaks and potatoes between two metal plates." I had heard or read about someone finding a candy bar melting in their pocket while testing radar components. Early ovens (1940s and 50s) were about the size of a refrigerator and used so much power that heating up a meal would likely pop ALL the household fuses in the average home of the era.
@stevarino1989 Жыл бұрын
I love how comforting these old films sound in terms of warbly sound quality and the music and narration. And ironically, it looked more space age in the late 50s/60s than it did in 2001! And it’s kind of sad how, little did we know what would happen on that fateful Tuesday in 2001. 😫🤦♂️ I was 12.
@floatpvnk Жыл бұрын
I was 8....
@retrovampp Жыл бұрын
I was 11
@thetwilightadventures6 Жыл бұрын
It was just 15 days before my eleventh birthday
@ivanj.conway9919 Жыл бұрын
I think they had far, far, more vision than anyone today, seems capable of.
@TattedIrishxxx Жыл бұрын
I was 16.
@rongendron8705 Жыл бұрын
I'm 76 & loved to see films, in the 1950's & '60's, about the 'near future', specifically the 21st Century! Now that we are more than 20 years into that century, we can see that the predictors were both correct & incorrect in their predictions! Most people still live in the same old, wooden houses; drive newer, but still gas combustion cars & commute to jobs; miles away! Except for advances in communication, far less than they predicted, has changed!
@tysontitus33323 жыл бұрын
who else is watching this on their computerized communications console?
@futavadumnezo3 жыл бұрын
You mean your smartphone?
@wiggy89123 жыл бұрын
I mean, there’s literally no other way to watch this anymore lol
@tysontitus33323 жыл бұрын
@@futavadumnezo whats a smartphone? is it like a pay phone? or does it got a number pad on it
@fishyc43sar3 жыл бұрын
@@tysontitus3332 hilarious
@CosmicHarmony583 жыл бұрын
@@futavadumnezo woosh!
@grumpycat35353 жыл бұрын
It's always that creepy ass flute music that gives these things such an enjoyable dystopian feel.
@Banglish1233 жыл бұрын
When the fast food production line bit is running we suddenly got nice mp3 clean stereo jazzy music. My first thought was What has old Walter said in this section.....
@skeNGk3 жыл бұрын
Why is this kind of music so disturbing I wonder? Something about this entire era is unsettling in a way I can't quite put my finger on.
@hrsh0423 жыл бұрын
@@skeNGk it's made in such manner. Also the bitrate of the recorded audio maybe a reason
@hapoy16753 жыл бұрын
@@skeNGk twilight zone is why it creeps me out lol
@stevecarter88103 жыл бұрын
Ah, the ass-flute, one of the creepiest instruments known to man
@Chicahcah Жыл бұрын
No leisure time, no food cooking robots, lots of urban decay, no robot maids. Definitely nailed the work from home and being able to see people you talk to over the phone. It’s good to have land. They didn’t predict the demise of the family.
@isaiahbowers3712 Жыл бұрын
lmao the family was going downhill in the 60s. Grow up
@kaitlynhutchinson4470 Жыл бұрын
What does the demise of the family even mean. You just need more money to have a family now and less people are having kids at 15.
@TheSilentMajorityNation9 ай бұрын
"The demise of the family" is very true, I'm afraid. I have no numbers but I'm sure as a unit we spend less time together now more than before.
@isaiahbowers37129 ай бұрын
@@TheSilentMajorityNation 🤣🤣🤣 I don't have numbers but heres my bullshit💀
@TheSilentMajorityNation9 ай бұрын
@isaiahbowers3712 🤣 this kids pressed because we said families don't spend enough time together anymore. Hit too close to home for you, I see 🤣
@thothheartmaat2833 Жыл бұрын
1960: the 21st century home is a dream... 2023: a home is a dream...
@deathstrike3 ай бұрын
2024: The dream home is dead. This concept was killed off by massive overlending to sub prime buyers, post pandemic overpricing, massive buyouts by corporations like BlackRock, and the final blow was by insurance skyrocketing due to inflation and greed.
@PureNeptune3 жыл бұрын
The fact that they thought you'd need all these screens and devices dedicated to the news or the weather rather than just one computer fascinates me.
@yestedayssolutionstotodays8163 жыл бұрын
I know, right. They did have multiple TV channels back then, so why not make that leap?
@Lumibear.3 жыл бұрын
Technology took space, mechanics, records and tapes, bulky CRT screens, energy, they generated heat and were heavy and expensive, and that was true even up to the early 2000s when TV was still analogue, you watched a movie on disc, listened to music on a stereo, went to your PC to get online, or got out your CD collection that you’d converted onto your iPod via your PC to listen to music. It wasn’t until we got flat low energy screens, efficient batteries, fast computing, tiny affordable solid state memory and super fast wireless data connection that we could even conceive of small digital devices doing it all and that’s only occurred in the last 15 years. For 2001 they did ok.
@JarrodBaniqued3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I got a screened device for viewing the weather. It’s called a window.
@zeldaoot233 жыл бұрын
Yeah... I had the same thought. Remember, though, that the concept of a personal desktop microcomputer was still a bit of a stretch, much less one that could incorporate all of these functions in a single device. Software and operating systems like iOS and Windows that provide convenient access to all these functions didn’t exist yet, and were probably well beyond the ken of most people.
@lisamendez43093 жыл бұрын
Jarrod Baniqued The best comment here.
@opiecunningham15703 жыл бұрын
"Alexa....inflate my chair."
@Xbob423 жыл бұрын
Why the long pause? Sounds like this person is giving Alexa the command to kill them!
@NovaRanger0073 жыл бұрын
@gyrergd wtf.. that's hilarious to imagine Alexa answering "daddys" 🤣
@smokeydoke1003 жыл бұрын
@@NovaRanger007 What's wrong with that? Mine calls me Master.
@DeadlyCyanide13 жыл бұрын
Oh funvk hahahaha I laughed out loud and woke my husband hahahaha that was hilarious 😆😆😆😆😆😆
@amarreder62413 жыл бұрын
Stop with the sex talk
@ZiggyWhiskerz Жыл бұрын
Aww bless you 1960s. You had such high expectations of us. 😅
@INKOSK4114 Жыл бұрын
“You may hear the patter of little feet.” Robot: STOMP, STOMP, STOMP! 😂
@artedejali5 ай бұрын
I just couldn’t 😂
@2ID_Doc4 ай бұрын
Too bad in the 60s apparently these engineers hadn’t invented the wheel instead of noisy machines attempting to walk…
@waterunderthebridge79503 жыл бұрын
One of their major flaws is that they assume everybody will be rich in the future
@scottygg85503 жыл бұрын
haha. yeaaaah
@cadenflynn15873 жыл бұрын
Everyone is rich today. Just not as rich as some.
@daphnerockzaic90963 жыл бұрын
And white🤣🤣🤣🤣
@totallynottroy19123 жыл бұрын
@@daphnerockzaic9096 ???
@acouragefann3 жыл бұрын
Be it through trickle down economics or redistribution a la Europe (in a stronger form), in the past we tend to think that everyone will collectively reap the benefits of future tech and prosperity. Instead these benefits all go to a few instead of being divided among many is the unfortunate reality.
@brissalcido85343 жыл бұрын
I mean, they weren’t wrong about the inflatable chair, those things were cool at the beginning of the 2000s
@ReikiLightLanguage3 жыл бұрын
Haha hellz yeah they were, I had one!😅😝
@brissalcido85343 жыл бұрын
@@ReikiLightLanguage even my Barbie had one! xD
@hebakhalid4373 жыл бұрын
They’re very uncomfortable and would get punctured easily
@ZwaetschgeRaeuber3 жыл бұрын
werent these inflatable outdoor sofas a thing like 2 years ago?
@redzora803 жыл бұрын
yeah but you didn't carry them around. and if you once sit on it ther where 2 possibilitys, you sat ther forever or you instantly fall of. nothing in between. and never sit on them on a hot summer day with shorts...will end in possibilty number one...
@richardfarris2227 Жыл бұрын
The idea that he so casually mentioned “90% of Americans living in urban areas” is both crazy and scary.
@TheRogueX11 ай бұрын
It's also really, really close. In 2021 the urban/rural ratio was 86%/14%
@jonathanfox676 Жыл бұрын
I can’t imagine having a super bowl party and some mfer in the background inflating his chair he brought from home 😂
@CamaroAmx3 ай бұрын
Happened in the late 90s. Inflatable furniture did catch on a little for a little bit.
@ThatVeryArtGal Жыл бұрын
I always loved how the 60s vision of the future still included wood panelling.
@murkypuddle33 Жыл бұрын
hey we put wood paneling in my room in early 2000 and it's pine and looks really really nice 😠
@daveyoung1518 Жыл бұрын
Somewhere....some archtect designed a house back in the 60s and said "ohh they're going to LOVE this brown wood paneling. It'll go GREAT with this yellow tar colored paint, green shag carpet and cigerette colored kitchen
@ThatVeryArtGal Жыл бұрын
@@murkypuddle33 My Dad went all in on the panelling trend in the 70's. My childhood home, which my mother still lives in, is ensconced in paneling. lol
@animeloveer97 Жыл бұрын
@@murkypuddle33 lmao best response
@coindog6336 Жыл бұрын
Better than the boring plain painted walls
@RandomTorok3 жыл бұрын
This film is about 50 years old. Stop and imagine what the world will be like in another 50 years. Then realize that what this video teaches us is that we can't even begin to imagine what the world will be like in 50 years.
@trashcan20883 жыл бұрын
In another 50 years, People wont have privet cars or privet homes. All jobs and everything else, will be issued to you via the standing government...Dam. That sounds so commy, doesn't it.
@qtpettra3 жыл бұрын
i dont think 50 years from now will be that different, i mean, i hope it is but i dont think it will
@sgtgrash3 жыл бұрын
@@trashcan2088 If you ask me you are just 'hedging' your bets... 🤣😉
@georgetaylor47193 жыл бұрын
Me in 50 years: 'Get your stinking paws off me, you damn dirty apes!'...😉
@momokoblue80323 жыл бұрын
This was filmed about 60 years ago.
@GenRN Жыл бұрын
I’m imagining what the future holds that we can’t imagine. When I was on the bus in 6th grade I remember thinking about being told that we would have book and newspapers on a handheld device that we could fold up and stick in our purses. I was blown away and could not fathom it. 😂 Now I have a 1 terabyte iPhone.
@SWalkerTTU11 ай бұрын
There’s the Samsung Galaxy Z series that can either fold or flip. Neither one is cheap.
@GenRN11 ай бұрын
@@SWalkerTTU I was imagining something that could be rolled up like a newspaper.
@shibolinemress8913 Жыл бұрын
It's always fun to watch these things and see what has come true, what hasn't and what sort of did, just in a different way than predicted. I'd love to try out a model of one of those retro-futuristic homes, just as they invisioned it back then.
@leemsvg3 жыл бұрын
I love how people thought that the future would be very round but it’s more flat and minimalist
@jaysleezy54643 жыл бұрын
DEFINITELY not cars, though, i hate how cars look like bubbles now
@nonconsensualopinion3 жыл бұрын
Not in 2001. A lot of stuff was rounded if I recall correctly.
@stevecarter88103 жыл бұрын
In the future, people will waste as much of the space they are paying for as possible
@flamingapplepie13 жыл бұрын
@@jaysleezy5464 me too It’s so ugly. Bring back the rectangular bumpers and regular cars
@bibasik73 жыл бұрын
@@jaysleezy5464 You’re gonna LOVE the Tesla Cybertruck.
@headninjadog81203 жыл бұрын
All we got in the future was TVs that fit in our hands where we can watch old documentaries that predicted the future wrong!
@mexicanspec3 жыл бұрын
We also have TVs the size of the wall, just like he showed.
@dennisschnobrich92883 жыл бұрын
@@mexicanspec Accept the fact that 3D tv's died 4 years ago.
@mexicanspec3 жыл бұрын
@@dennisschnobrich9288 What does that have to do with the size of current televisions? They are up to what, 85 inches now?
@dennisschnobrich92883 жыл бұрын
@@mexicanspec I'm just saying that 3D tvs don't exist anymore.
@Lost_n_Found_13 жыл бұрын
@@dennisschnobrich9288 3D TVs still exist, they're just not popular because it gives a handful of people headaches. I love 3D blurays and games.
@cbm3 Жыл бұрын
I love that the robot guy says theres absolutely no need to make them look human. All these modern day human looking robots are just creepy
@SWalkerTTU11 ай бұрын
That said, there has been a need to smooth out their edges, literally.
@donmadden7413 Жыл бұрын
This is up there with some the funniest things I have ever seen. They got so many things right in such an awkward way, and so many things wrong also in an awkward way. Personally, no one can predict future things precisely. But I just love the "dot matrix" printers of the 21st century.
@mrw1208 Жыл бұрын
My grandpa was born in 1890 and died in 1964. He came of age when horses and buggies were the norm. By the time he died he'd seen cars, motorcycles, airplanes, two world wars, spaceships and computers.
@loadedhot1034 Жыл бұрын
And people think we are living in the greatest time ever but they don't realize the people that lived before technology are the real lucky ones.
@utej.k.bemsel4777 Жыл бұрын
@@loadedhot1034 lucky? When they survived wars and then uncurable illnesses....
@ThousandDollarSparkler Жыл бұрын
@@utej.k.bemsel4777 the literal same can be said about us idk what you’re poppin off about
@SocialMediaTragedy Жыл бұрын
I'm sure this was the case for most people that were born in 1890 and lived for 70+ years.
@rhettwilkerson1828 Жыл бұрын
@@utej.k.bemsel4777 yep, everyone knows if you have technology you are immune to disease and war🤦♂️
@ragnardanneskjold76753 жыл бұрын
Little did they know I’d be still living in a home they built 😂
@GraveUypo3 жыл бұрын
yeah but my computer could store all the data they had in the world in the 60s, including physical media, like books. probably. (i mean, it's 8tb)
@roonilwazlib30893 жыл бұрын
@@GraveUypo ppppft... my phone could store yours and the 1960s data on it
@sirclarkmarz3 жыл бұрын
my home was built in 1846
@nickashmore89073 жыл бұрын
@@roonilwazlib3089 Pretty sure your phone has 64 or 128 GB, which is like 60x less storage than 8tbs..
@delfink43333 жыл бұрын
@@GraveUypo meanwhile my iPhone storage is full, because I did some photos xD
@CEOmagi Жыл бұрын
That transition from 2001 to 21st was smooth bruh 💀💀
@asono11 Жыл бұрын
It would be cool and fun to recreate a home how it was supposed to look like according to this video!
@JoshuaKennedy3213 жыл бұрын
How cute that they thought 21st century people would do things like "entertain guests" and "have conversations"
@oldcountryman27953 жыл бұрын
Do you lack the social skills to do those things?
@HelloImNik3 жыл бұрын
@@oldcountryman2795 have you seen society today? 😂
@kaleycooper91113 жыл бұрын
@@oldcountryman2795 I don’t know in what nice suburbia or whatever you lived in, but where I grew, everyone in the neighborhood seemed to purposefully avoid each other like the plague. Kinda like saying, you do your own thing and I’ll do my own thing.
@kota31173 жыл бұрын
@@kaleycooper9111 You must be one of my neighbors 👋😉😕
@JoshuaKennedy3213 жыл бұрын
@@oldcountryman2795 I and countless millions just like me.
@AmberRen3 жыл бұрын
“In 2001, we’ll sit on giant, plastic inflatable chairs...” I mean, they weren’t wrong.
@vivh22273 жыл бұрын
Yeah I had one of those
@LordS200003 жыл бұрын
So so true
@lavender_haze3 жыл бұрын
I had a Britney Spears one😭
@taylorbritt4993 жыл бұрын
I had a Blue's Clues one when I was like 3 or 4 lol
@detectivepatchouli82663 жыл бұрын
Made in China
@coleengoodell7523 Жыл бұрын
LMAO, the pitter patter of little feet, as the robot clunks around like stomping bricks. And that ever so calming sound of the printer clanking in the kitchen. They did get quite a few things correct, yet thankfully improved from the original concepts.
@totallyfrozen Жыл бұрын
Fascinating. I like seeing the way our parents and grandparents believed. I also love seeing the old films. There’s a quality to that old fashioned film that you don’t naturally get with digital video.
@athriftygoddess65013 жыл бұрын
One consistent thing I’ve noticed with any predictions of the future is overestimating how much technology will change and underestimating how much social change there will be.
@16mmEducationalFilms3 жыл бұрын
Very true. There are limits.
@qua77713 жыл бұрын
They may have underestimated the ability for people to adapt to tech, and the level of planed obsolescence required for implementation of tech. People aren't as fascinated with home automation as they thought, or it may have happened sooner. It took decades for computers to find their way into every home.
@gotouguts20663 жыл бұрын
I wouldn't say they overestimated, they just estimated according to what they knew. After all, the internet is one of the most incredible inventions in human history. In combination with cell phones, almost everyone has immediate access to an unfathomable amount of information at all times. One device which we use to learn, network, socialize, and entertain ourselves. So after hearing this guy gush about an inflatable chair, I'd say they didn't overestimate; they simply estimated incorrectly.
@stevelucky75793 жыл бұрын
The scientific community has often been composed of large numbers of fools who hold vast book knowledge in very small areas of a specific field.
@oogachaka.studio3 жыл бұрын
@@gotouguts2066 I agree, I think we just can't predict or sometimes even comprehend what will change/hold importance/be the way of the future.
@norbkowa3 жыл бұрын
That future house looks so 60s inside.
@violinda.3 жыл бұрын
My thought, too.
@christopherkleinbach52373 жыл бұрын
Interesting 😖.
@marshallgraphic3 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of Disney World Carousel of Progress
@ginafriend16903 жыл бұрын
Agree
@boondoggled13 жыл бұрын
😂
@thefuglyoldman7360 Жыл бұрын
I remember watching this in grade school....some happened, some didn't. There's a fascination about what the future might be....to this day they still create concept cars for that very reason.
@dena8110 ай бұрын
They predicted chairs you would find in a 90's teen room with that inflatable chair....
@smallstudiodesign3 жыл бұрын
1960’s: “ *everyone dreams of a home somewhere* ... *surrounded by natural beauty & a lot of land* ...” 2000’s: “ *everyone dreams of a home* ... *anywhere will do* ... *just a home that’s affordable* ...”
@hlinville60343 жыл бұрын
The Great Reset in 2030 they say you will own nothing and be happy about it.
@smallstudiodesign3 жыл бұрын
@@hlinville6034 we will be forced to be happy about it. We’ll will be forced to believe it ... the great pharmaceutical rollout ...
@KevinBourque3 жыл бұрын
I wonder if it’s do to being so dependent in this time as now most of us lost knowledge of how to build a house ourselves. Back in the day I think we were more independent. I seen a guy almost not spend a dime after he bought some land and built a log house 🏡 peacefully in nature and solar panels roof.
@DrPonner3 жыл бұрын
@@KevinBourque like many things there’s always a *tradeoff* , as you live in a city and become more and more specialized in your activities you gradually lose the ability to be self-sufficient. Civilization is powerful and efficient but very fragile.
@Disconn3cted3 жыл бұрын
@@hlinville6034 does that reset my student loan debt too? If so, sign me up.
@depastin03 жыл бұрын
"You'd eat the food and...you might even eat the package." It's called a burrito.
@gjergjaurelius97983 жыл бұрын
ICE CREAM CONES! 🤟🏻💯🍦
@neekyboo773 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣
@nancydeis71213 жыл бұрын
Damn I didn't think i would find so many laughs in these comments.
@catherinenelson83223 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@anfaanianfaani98193 жыл бұрын
Or a roti, patty or empanada
@trishie3376 Жыл бұрын
WHOA!!! That building development looked exactly like LeFrak City! I used to live across from there in the 70s - 2000s
@forestghost7 Жыл бұрын
omg I remember seeing that Lefrak from the long island expwy as a wee lad, the sight of it scared me 😱
@Squidbush856311 ай бұрын
It always makes me chuckle to think they assume we all will live in brand new houses and not in exactly the same houses that were built in the 50's and 60s in spite of the fact that people have commonly stayed in the same homes for generations already.
@CamaroAmx3 ай бұрын
Exactly. Most people just either end up living in the house they grew up in or a house that has been passed among different people for generations. New houses are for the wealthy.
@futurepig3 жыл бұрын
I watched documentaries like this when I was a kid and "the 21 century" was a sci-fi dream. They got many things ridiculously wrong, but they also got a few right, like home computers, remote working, on-demand entertainment, big screen TVs, microwave dinners, robots... I feel so old now, I need to sit down... but I can't remember where the hell I left my favorite inflatable chair!
@happythatsme49403 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@paulborden30673 жыл бұрын
Where's my flying car? I really thought it would happen. 😕
@MrXD1173 жыл бұрын
Did you check the carrying bag?
@dystopiaisutopia3 жыл бұрын
People working essential jobs can't work from home. People need to work in grocery stores and be nurses and doctors in actual hospitals. Get real.
@zachprouty85953 жыл бұрын
@@dystopiaisutopia what
@joeg54143 жыл бұрын
What's really weird to think is we're already 20 years past this.
@Amygondor3 жыл бұрын
And still living in homes built when this video was fikmed.
@hayleymarse28533 жыл бұрын
That means I’m turning 20 this year and I’m not okay with that
@nolinm76403 жыл бұрын
It’s because the elites stop us from growth
@fernandoharo37383 жыл бұрын
@@nolinm7640 Shall we eat them?
@ashdacraft3 жыл бұрын
@@Amygondor Yes! The beginning of this could easily be Google map footage
@cindylou3404 Жыл бұрын
That robot is terrifying!! My cat would freak out! 😂😊
@wit2pz Жыл бұрын
I like how the robotic vacuums have done almost exactly what was described in this video, except for the stair-climbing feature. I'm still waiting for that, instead of having to purchase one for each floor or carrying one to each floor while still having to sweep/ vacuum my stairs...
@Slash18622 Жыл бұрын
1960s: “Future homes gonna be awesome houses!” 2022: “Happy when I can pay my rent and have some money for heating.”
@madisonwilliamson Жыл бұрын
Right. Just got charged $100 for water 🙃 it’s only me & my husband…
@mrzabie0138 Жыл бұрын
Thanks Biden!
@3gunslingers Жыл бұрын
@@mrzabie0138 What has Biden to do with the complete failure of the US to fully urbanize their cities? If you watch the video closely they predicted with pinpoint accuracy how the suburban sprawl will destroy the housing market and bankrupt cities.
@Zaire82 Жыл бұрын
Heating? What a luxury. I forgot what it feels like to not have numb toes. 5 years ago, I could have had it on all year and spent less than I do just to cover the standing cost now.
@tobistraumfabrik333 Жыл бұрын
@@mrzabie0138 they fuck with us worldwide.. greetz from germany
@spekky62483 жыл бұрын
1960: “Robots doing housework in 21st Century“ Robots in 21st Century : Are you a robot? 😂
@lisakhoza83853 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@alexthegreat13953 жыл бұрын
Indeed i am a robot
@richardedwards34293 жыл бұрын
That's why my house work never gets done!!!
@xPOWERx-ne1jr3 жыл бұрын
?? This is a confusing statement
@NovaRanger0073 жыл бұрын
@@xPOWERx-ne1jr He means that we as humans encounter "btos" every day on internet which ask us "are you a robot" and ask us to do crazy 'captchka' to prove that we are not robot.
@27gv Жыл бұрын
1960s: Print like there's no tomorrow!! BRRRrrrrr!!! 2020s: Everything is inflated to the max!!!
@lhodge100011 ай бұрын
It’s funny that the “futuristic” room that Cronkite is sitting in looks just like the ones in 1960’s tv shows
@abbasof79203 жыл бұрын
1960: "By the year 2000 the United States will have a 30 hour work week and a month long vacation as the rule" 2020: "If I work 2 Jobs, use foodstamps and skip Breakfast, I could afford my next Insulin shot"
@lisaknight49863 жыл бұрын
ROFL! Sad, but true.
@hishers79803 жыл бұрын
Or if I go back to work, im not going to be able to afford health care insurance 🙃 might as well stay jobless 🤪 on Medicade and draw disability but some get turned down, like I did, so working to death is the only option.. uhh
@orated7623 жыл бұрын
10.08% of the population is on food stamps. 2021. Majority of those on food stamps live in California.
@z-blaze3 жыл бұрын
@@orated762 California only has the most of all states because it has the highest population of all states (9th largest economy in the world just as a single state alone)...which is expected statistically, so lmao who cares. More effective information would be the state percentage of those on welfare per the population of the state; ranked from the highest would be: 1-New Mexico, 2-West Virginia, 3-Louisiana, 4-Mississippi, 5-Oklahoma, etc... California doesn't even come close to the top 10, in fact, California actually ranks way down in 32nd place out of all states regarding those on food stamps as a percentage of the population. Not sure what you were trying to convey, but the majority of those on food stamps do NOT live in California...
@jasonjmarchi3 жыл бұрын
Scientists forgot to predict the GREED of those who run corporations, stockholders, and small business owners when making this utopic prediction of a shorter work week. Isaac Asimov is guilty of the same thing. He talked about more leisure time for people coming in the near future... I call his prediction the Great Sci-Fi Lie.
@flukefantasy3 жыл бұрын
If I can't bring my self inflating bubble chair, I'm not coming.
@cfaz67633 жыл бұрын
Haha omg I just busted up reading this.
@mixzoe62283 жыл бұрын
it was actually popular in early 2000s. its not around anymore because its uncomfortable af
@h3art_3y3s3 жыл бұрын
Imagine trying to get the air out of your chair at the end of the night so you can put it back in it’s little bag for the trip home 😂
@namaste3483 жыл бұрын
@@mixzoe6228 and was easy to pop😫
@SimirJohnson Жыл бұрын
Who knew we’d be here in 2023 watching this on a hand-held device while sitting in the toilet??!
@Harv72b Жыл бұрын
Today I learned that Zoidberg's pronunciation of "robot" was apparently really a thing.
@slorinda Жыл бұрын
30 hour work week? Month long vacation?! This dude should run for president.
@billolsen4360 Жыл бұрын
he's dead, lol
@dustmybroom288 Жыл бұрын
I work for a company that gives me 300 hours or about 2 mounts of vacation. Tho I work a lot more than 30 hours a week
@kenmore01 Жыл бұрын
@@billolsen4360#BestPresidentEver!
@d.l.dickerson548911 ай бұрын
Why should that stop him? LOL
@sillyputty360111 ай бұрын
@@billolsen4360 Well, they let brain-dead people run for president.
@suiker12243 жыл бұрын
People in 21st century: eating detergent and putting glue in their hair
@gattifan6093 жыл бұрын
Thx for the laugh 👍
@SK-pw9id3 жыл бұрын
People were probably doing that back then there was just no internet to put it on
@lilRadRidinHood3 жыл бұрын
@@SK-pw9id Back then sniffing glue was an all too common pastime for teens who couldn't access alcohol.
@lemonlion56683 жыл бұрын
@@lilRadRidinHood 🤣
@scoldedegg3 жыл бұрын
It seems like people get dumber as time passes
@morbidsearch Жыл бұрын
1960s: In the future we'll have flying cars 2001: Please don't mention flying to us
@RubesGoodBrainCoffee Жыл бұрын
In the year 2001, light jazz will be the default soundtrack to our reality.
@MathAdam3 жыл бұрын
Social interaction will be replaced by sophisticated hand-held devices displaying cat videos.
@MaxRager803 жыл бұрын
Hahahahahaha, yup
@Chillitz3 жыл бұрын
the device will be on you at all times notifying you of new cat videos
@incubus30693 жыл бұрын
Lol
@smokeydoke1003 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣
@georgivanev74663 жыл бұрын
For brainwashing
@CanadianPrepper3 жыл бұрын
3:43 Imagine his head explode when he hears about google, facebook, twitter, the NSA, DHS, amazon and the tracking device youre reading this on
@battery_wattage3 жыл бұрын
And self landing rockets.
@warpey56323 жыл бұрын
"We forgot in the 20th century the necessity for privacy." _Yes. P r i v a c y ._
@ShawntiaKnott3 жыл бұрын
Had no idea I'd see you here. Here I am. 4:01 a.m. in the morning. Scrolling through the comments on random videos. And here I see you. Wow.
@ShawntiaKnott3 жыл бұрын
@@JoselleWolf I DRANK 3 CUPS OF DEATH WISH COFFEE 4 HOURS AGO. NOW IM HAVING CRAZY HEART PALPITATIONS.
@freshafroman3 жыл бұрын
👁️👄👁️
@koriko88 Жыл бұрын
1960s vision of a future home: This 2001 vision of a future home: McMansion on a no-doc loan 2023 vision of a future home: Tiny apartment with high rent 2050 vision of a future home: Cardboard box by the river
@JohnSmith-4U10 ай бұрын
Walter Cronkite....when newscasters just broadcasted the news, said thank you for joining us tonight and then you wouldn't hear from the newscaster until the next night. No fake news, no spin, no personal opinions.
@TheLoyalOfficer3 жыл бұрын
The most hilarious are all the goofy machines that actually take longer than doing stuff by hand!
@jimmyzhao97483 жыл бұрын
Yeah, like the gadget that held the egg. For what purpose ?
@ProfezorFirdaus3 жыл бұрын
@@jimmyzhao9748 to uhh... hold egg
@vxcvfyutube49573 жыл бұрын
@@jimmyzhao9748 progressiveness is some sort of madness
@stevem91913 жыл бұрын
@@jimmyzhao9748 lol so you can put the egg into its grip... only to know its waiting for ya later. Yes.. I know it's a demonstration of robot dextarity .. but still funny. The microwave predictions aren't even predictions as the first microwave sold was 1946.. which meant development even going back as much as 10 yrs.. kinda crzy
@marissa81903 жыл бұрын
@@vxcvfyutube4957 some things should change, just not tasks that are easy by hand
@zms80923 жыл бұрын
1960: “Sshhh...don’t say that out loud, the government will wiretap us and listen to what we’re saying.” 2020: “Hey wiretap, give me a recipe for enchiladas!”
@davidk84573 жыл бұрын
ehh ehh ehh :)
@jipfluffy21433 жыл бұрын
I talked about a little tiny turtle I used to have when I was a kid and on Facebook I got an ad for exotic pets and said are you looking for turtles?
@csabo17253 жыл бұрын
I Googled "internal temp for meatloaf" last night. This morning there were 30 recipes for meatloaf in my KZfaq recommendations. This has to stop.
@guerillakiller243 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂
@guerillakiller243 жыл бұрын
@@csabo1725 I looked up the song “money” by Pink Floyd and now am getting investment ads and ads for TurboTax and money management. KZfaq and google gotta stop😂😂
@Just_a_lamb Жыл бұрын
So they kinda predicted microwaves, suround sound speakers, wide screen TV, working from home via computer, video calls, in-home security cameras, digital learning, and instant food like microwavable dinners
@beastslayer32286 ай бұрын
Nah, not really. There already were microwave ovens, stereo, and frozen dinners when they made that.
@CamaroAmx3 ай бұрын
A lot of that stuff existed back then. Not exactly the same as today and far more expensive than today. Computers existed (though they were massive). The internet was in its infancy (mostly used as communication between college campuses and between military bases similar to a text message or email today and some limited information).
@steveor4659 Жыл бұрын
i saw this show as a kid. i always wanted to see it again. thank you!
@JupiterJulia3 жыл бұрын
It's 2021 and I'm living in an apartment building that hasn't been renovated since the 60s LOL
@manco8283 жыл бұрын
💀💀💀💀
@tickletipson95173 жыл бұрын
F
@lilRadRidinHood3 жыл бұрын
HA! I'm in a double-wide trailer home built in 1954. "Renovations" seem infinite. I do love my pink bathtub and sink though.
@gaminglegend3 жыл бұрын
bruh moment
@rishabhchaudhry69333 жыл бұрын
Same here lol
@KevinOndarza3 жыл бұрын
Every time I hear "second home" I die of laughter. I can't even afford a home! lol
@16mmEducationalFilms3 жыл бұрын
I love you... Spent a whole good career as a teacher paying for a 113,000 dollar house. 22 years paying an average of 1500/month. Then sold it for 145,000. Nice investment eh?
@strawberryme083 жыл бұрын
Most can’t afford rent right now
@josephcote61203 жыл бұрын
Well, after all this was made before Reagan and the GOP started destroying the middle class.
@happydays70353 жыл бұрын
@@josephcote6120 no actually this was before Obamer and socialism took over
@josephcote61203 жыл бұрын
@@happydays7035 Aren't you at all embarrassed to be that ignorant?
@tastefullys11 ай бұрын
“30 hour work week and a month long vacation” LOL I wish
@jtreal Жыл бұрын
Lmao I really wanted to see that guy try to sit in that inflatable chair 🤣 woulda turned quick from a documentary to a blooper reel quick!! Haha!
@sullysullivan12823 жыл бұрын
19:00 "We may wake up each morning to the patter of little feet - robot feet." SLAM SLAM SLAM SLAM SLAM SLAM
@phoebexxlouise3 жыл бұрын
I made the exact same comment lmao so loud
@Jaspal19933 жыл бұрын
My thoughts exactly! Couldn't stop laughing
@kl0vi3 жыл бұрын
Not "robot" but "robbit" lol
@detectivepatchouli82663 жыл бұрын
im dying the moment that robot feet part XD
@darkhorsedouglas47893 жыл бұрын
Who's gonna tell them they're silent and we still taped knives to them
@a1919akelbo3 жыл бұрын
"Food that's good for years and can be cooked in seconds" who knew the single bachelor life would be considered cutting edge.
@nikajinpusno95633 жыл бұрын
It must be entirely made up of preservatives lol
@joan16093 жыл бұрын
@@nikajinpusno9563 Instant ramen
@dDesirie3 жыл бұрын
Mountain House just entered the chat
@fraser_mr20096 ай бұрын
They were always off. Also nobody ever predicted that we would be watching videos on a personal computer over telephone lines.
@mitchmccarron8337 Жыл бұрын
Cool video, thanks! I was amazed at how much stuff they predicted correctly! Microwave cooking, Internet, colour TV, Video calls, online banking just to start - totally bombed on future fashion choices, but easily a 7.5 on technology :) Mitch, Australia.
@mehakverma70433 жыл бұрын
"food may be stored for years then reheated under radio waves." Me microwaving a pizza pop i found in my freezer that has been there for many months:
@tddybear3 жыл бұрын
... do I want to ask what a pizza pop is
@kristines98553 жыл бұрын
@@tddybear me too
@mehakverma70433 жыл бұрын
@@tddybear its a North American frozen snack that is suppose to be reheated in the microwave. It consists of cheese and sometimes pieces of meat wrapped in a thin pizza dough. Quite delicious, but very unhealthy
@DireNemesis3 жыл бұрын
@@mehakverma7043 pizza roll?
@ryleyw36843 жыл бұрын
@Jack Fisher I don't know what you are thinking of because the ones we have are called pizza pops too. It says on the box. Pillsbury is it's brand
@LogicalEpi3 жыл бұрын
“It would put itself away in the cupboard and recharge itself” OMG he just described a Roomba!
@PraiseTheFSMonster3 жыл бұрын
And we don't need to be frightened because there's a conveniently placed button that immobilizes the machine.
@e-chantheapple1983 жыл бұрын
That’s exactly what I was thinking
@On_Dust3 жыл бұрын
What's a roomba? 🤔
@jessieqk123 жыл бұрын
@@On_Dust robot automatic vacuum thingy
@thecooldude03 Жыл бұрын
im lazy enough to set up a webcam to watch my pot of water to make sure it doesnt boil over
@hayleynadel6808 Жыл бұрын
Love these old films!! Gives a warm fuzzy of days gone by.
@mecc24453 жыл бұрын
They were right about controlling a house from one location, but instead of a giant Star Trek control panel, we just use a cell phone.
@TruckTaxiMoveIt3 жыл бұрын
"Cell" phone
@elizabethkeen78513 жыл бұрын
iPad on the wall there you go
@IdkYoYo3 жыл бұрын
@Ghost Troupe Exactly, but the difference is in appearance mostly, at least that's what Id think hes saying.
@ziggystarbucks63833 жыл бұрын
i’d happily take a star trek control panel instead of a phone lmaoooo *twitter for star trek control panel*
@knoxtheworld3 жыл бұрын
But that’s better than a panel
@erica8633 жыл бұрын
Well, in a lot of ways, we’ve changed more than they could have ever imagined, but in other ways, we didn’t change nearly as much
@fredjohnson54583 жыл бұрын
Hello Erica how are you doing
@alanmtz.84953 жыл бұрын
@@fredjohnson5458 simp , you not gone hit it dawg
@KhasiXChakuin3 жыл бұрын
@Erica you're so beautiful, have a good day
@KhasiXChakuin3 жыл бұрын
@@alanmtz.8495 beautiful name, have a nice day
@KhasiXChakuin3 жыл бұрын
@@fredjohnson5458 nice beautiful and i think. @Erica is beautifully fine
@rosalinda-30510 ай бұрын
Walter Cronkite died in 2009, so he lived to see how accurate a lot of this was!
@GulsCult10 ай бұрын
In 2001, Walter Cronkite's eyebrows were as long as ever.
@reieguiang83 жыл бұрын
2020: People pushing doors when it says "PULL".
@soulextracter3 жыл бұрын
Also people "using the force" on automatic doors.
@cap10zomb3 жыл бұрын
Bad doors are everywhere by Vox. It's a good video.
@laylacox773 жыл бұрын
Something to help, most doors are pull on the outside and push one the inside. The reason for this is because there was a fire in a club once, and everybody crowded near the door. Unfortunately, the door was a pull door from the inside and the people couldn't get out because the door had no room to open. So now most doors are required to be a push door on the inside for easier escape access. I think that doors that aren't like that are illegal in some places.
@nativeafroeurasian3 жыл бұрын
@@laylacox77 I didn't know the history but assumed it was for safety. But why do doors in private houses open to the inside?
@laylacox773 жыл бұрын
@@nativeafroeurasian not sure.. maybe not a high risk for a lot of people to escape..?
@Rohan-nc8jt3 жыл бұрын
2021: That's cute, they thought we could afford two homes let alone one
@Mr_Battlefield3 жыл бұрын
I wish I could even own one home. 🏡 Hopefully someday. 🙏🏻
@graciekerr31373 жыл бұрын
😂
@olliebirdy61203 жыл бұрын
IKR.😭
@mutoidliz23203 жыл бұрын
True haha 😂
@Soap03 жыл бұрын
america moment
@flugshub8873 Жыл бұрын
It's interesting to hear someone back then have such a good take on suburbia and sprawl.
@tearfromtheRed7 Жыл бұрын
"We might wake up to the patter of little feet. Robot feet" *robot continues stomping loudly* 😂
@melissasaint32833 жыл бұрын
0:13 "our beds, furniture and chairs all made of paper" "When you're done with this little children's chair, just throw it away!" well, they were spot on about IKEA
@op-randomz14743 жыл бұрын
@Thominus Rex alot of modern day furniture has cardboard insides actually
@tanyalarose89073 жыл бұрын
🤣
@rogerbest60973 жыл бұрын
I mean your not wrong this really made me laugh 😁😆
@1964DB3 жыл бұрын
"Mommy! I wet the bed and it dissolved!"
@carolynwalls67873 жыл бұрын
@@op-randomz1474 if you call it "MDF" no one will ever know it's just super dense cardboard.
@cfaz67633 жыл бұрын
"Our tables, chairs made of paper" Foreshadowing Ikea? 😆 🤣
@fredjohnson54583 жыл бұрын
Hello C faz how are you doing
@aldovirooo3 жыл бұрын
FYI Ikea was founded in the 40's. Was just in Sweden back then though.
@fredjohnson54583 жыл бұрын
So if I may ask where are you located
@runewolf773 жыл бұрын
We're get'n there. Someone made a chair out of paper that u open up like a book.
@silver.sorner20593 жыл бұрын
@@fredjohnson5458 bruh this isn't tinder
@soniamichelle2393 Жыл бұрын
Phillip would roll over seeing 3 Vegas houses sharing 1 driveway, no backyard, and so close neighbors can high five from their bathroom windows.😂
@velshock10 ай бұрын
Aww, it’s so sweet that they didn’t think that corporate greed would ruin everything.
@CamaroAmx3 ай бұрын
And it was their own corporate greed that did it. It was this generation and the next that killed the middle class.