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EPISODE · May 10, 2026 · 36 MIN

5 Wildest Predictions for the 21st Century from History

from History's Living Voices: The Past, Told by Those Who Lived It · host HLV

Thanks to @Odoo for sponsoring this video: https://www.odoo.com/r/k8C --------------------------- Extracts taken from: The Republic By Plato Written 360 B.C.E. Translated by Benjamin Jowett Roger Bacon's letter concerning the marvelous power of art and of nature and concerning the nullity of magic. Easton, Pa. : Chemical Pub. Co., 1923 translated by Tenney L. Davis Predictions of the Year 2000 from The Ladies Home Journal of December 1900 by John Elfreth Watkins, Jr. The Official Souvenir Program distributed at William McKinley’s second inauguration in 1901 When woman is boss: An interview with Nikola Tesla by John B. Kennedy (1926) 00:00 Plato on Government (360 BC) 06:00 Roger Bacon on Futuristic Devices (1267) 08:26 The Next 100 Years (1900) 16:44 The Inauguration of 2001 (1901) 22:07 Nikola Tesla On The Future (1922) Editing by Andrew Dixon Music from Epidemic Sound and Artlist Thumbnail Art by Ettore Mazza Art by Bilal Erlangga​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thanks to @Odoo for sponsoring this video: https://www.odoo.com/r/k8C --------------------------- Extracts taken from: The Republic By Plato Written 360 B.C.E. Translated by Benjamin Jowett Roger Bacon's letter concerning the marvelous power of art and of nature and concerning the nullity of magic. Easton, Pa. : Chemical Pub. Co., 1923 translated by Tenney L. Davis Predictions of the Year 2000 from The Ladies Home Journal of December 1900 by John Elfreth Watkins, Jr. The Official Souvenir Program distributed at William McKinley’s second inauguration in 1901 When woman is boss: An interview with Nikola Tesla by John B. Kennedy (1926) 00:00 Plato on Government (360 BC) 06:00 Roger Bacon on Futuristic Devices (1267) 08:26 The Next 100 Years (1900) 16:44 The Inauguration of 2001 (1901) 22:07 Nikola Tesla On The Future (1922) Editing by Andrew Dixon Music from Epidemic Sound and Artlist Thumbnail Art by Ettore Mazza Art by Bilal Erlangga​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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