The Future

1. a. Fifty years ago: "All aircraft will be controlled by a giant radar net run on a continent-wide basis by a multiple electronic "brain".", Fish will be a main source of protein, life will be found on Mars, tooth decay, cancer, and the common cold will be cured, regeneration. Communism will vanish from the entire planet, your cell phone will be small enough to carry in your handbag, your home phone will transmit visions. Deep freezing of chicken, and other baked meats, as well as soups and milk. The Third World War between all countries. 
   b. Hundred years ago: One hundred years ago people made many predictions about what the world would be like today. Many predictions were made that digital color cameras would be existent today, which obviously became true. Other predictions such as mobile phones, pre-made meals, television, tanks, rising height of Americans, and larger fruit also became true according to this article, 100 year predictions. Other predictions say that there will be no wild animals, there will be free education for everyone, moveable houses, and police with x-ray.
2. I think the predictions made 100 years ago are wish lists, while the predictions made 50 years ago are warnings. Fifty years ago people thought there would be a third world war, and regeneration of bodies, they move away from such material predictions and focus more on the human development and the sources of life to humans, which comes off as more of a warning to humanity rather than a wish-list. While a hundred years ago, people wished for taller people, bigger fruits, and cameras that made photos in color, more materialistic wishes that were obviously granted, but they were not warnings to the human race as a whole.
3. The one hundred year ago predictions all turned out to be true, Americans are taller, consume larger fruit, and take photos in color before applying a black and white filter on the photograph. However, there has not been a Third World War, and communism is still heavily seen in the world today. The more outlandish and bizarre predictions like life on Mars and regeneration are slowly becoming reality, but I predict that they will take fifty, if not a hundred more years before they are deeply refined and plausible for everyday humans.
4. Fifty years ago, people made more predictions about the humans of today becoming more destructive, and more medical, while a hundred years ago people wished for more materialistic things such as large fruit and cell phones. There are no real patterns but more of guidelines that one hundred years ago people wished for better human life, while fifty years ago, people warned others of a more brutal human race.
5. If I were to predict the future I would say that in fifty years or less we will have talking holograms on our phones in place of skype and facetime, we will 3-D print everything, as in a 3-D printer will replace a normal printer, and we will be able to use different materials in a 3-D printer to in effect, regenerate. In one hundred years I think that cancer will be cured, we will have flying cars, and start living on Mars or other distant planets, and be able to time travel.
6.  We, as individuals have little to no control of our lives. The police and government take full responsibility and usually control of us and we have to follow rules and guidelines set by the state, country, continent, or overseas government every day. As groups, we have more control, but not nearly as much as the government, the phrase two is better than one is true in the sense that a group has more power than an individual, but untrue in the sense that a group has more control than a government, because one single group does not have more control than the government. Seeing as we have little to no control of our lives, it would only make sense that we have little to no control of the future as well, and we don't. We have the power to innovate and invent, but we as individuals cannot determine our destiny or make ourselves more powerful than the government. Individuals, groups, and the entire government has minimal control of the future, and that's why people are so petrified by the idea of the future. I personally think that nobody has control, we are all just waiting for something to happen.