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- Future forecasts from the year 1964
- 1. Prediction of Isaac Asimov
- 2. Prediction of Isaac Asimov
- 3. Prediction of Isaac Asimov
- 4. Prediction of Isaac Asimov
- 5. Prediction of Isaac Asimov
- 6. Prediction of Isaac Asimov
Future forecasts from the year 1964
Fifty years ago, sci-fi author Isaac Asimov made some predictions for 2014. Many of his predictions are pretty accurate.
In 1964, the scientist and science fiction author Isaac Asimov (1920-1992) wrote an article for the New York Times, in which he predicted various, especially technical developments for 2014. Today, 50 years after the publication of this article, it turns out that Isaac Asimov had a good hand for very accurate future predictions . This can be determined by a few selected forecasts.
1. Prediction of Isaac Asimov
"People will continue to move away from nature to create an environment that suits them better."
This has already happened. What else would be the virtual world, if not a place that exactly meets our needs.
2. Prediction of Isaac Asimov
"Robots will not be very popular or very good in 2014, but they will exist."
That, too, is a prognosis that has long since become real. Robots already exist. Even if their technology is far from perfected.
3. Prediction of Isaac Asimov
"We'll both see and hear the person we're talking to, and the phone's screen can be used not only to make phone calls, but also to look at documents and photos and even read books."
Here we can not contradict at any point. After all, we all know Skype and surf the web with our smartphone every day or look at pictures. E-books are also part of our everyday life.
4. Prediction of Isaac Asimov
"The world population will rise to 6, 500, 000, 000 people."
The estimate is a little bit off the mark, but it's still pretty accurate. Currently, 7.1 billion people live on Earth.
5. Prediction of Isaac Asimov
"Technical devices will make it easier for people to do cumbersome work."
That this prediction is 100 percent true, must now really not be carried out.
6. Prediction of Isaac Asimov
"There will be few jobs that can not do machines better than people, so most people will be subordinate to machines."
This scenario may not have become a reality. Although we are not subordinate to the machines, but they can do some work much better than we do.
