Telling the Future

So I read this awesome news article this week that was printed in 1911. The man who wrote it went to experts in many different fields and asked them for their predictions for 100 years later, and this is what he got:

Predictions of what 2011 would be like from a 1911 newspaper

Some of the predictions are funny, like strawberries being the size of apples because they are grown with electricity. It is interesting though, because I'm sure we could do that, but like my sister mentioned, why? I mean...I think it would be pretty cool to have a huge strawberry...especially if there was chocolate involved.

Another really interesting one to me was that there would be aircraft, but that they would not compete with boats or cars for passenger travel. Another one was that you could travel from New York to Liverpool by ship in only 2 days!

I have to say it is pretty interesting to read articles like this to see how far we have come in the last 100 years! Also, this recreational reading made me feel better about myself than just watching TV!