The 1970s might feel like last week, but 1975 happened 50 years ago. 50 years is a long time, and the world is well and truly a different place now than it was back then.
So while people in the 1970s had some decent ideas about where the world was headed, they couldn't know it all. Here are 15 future predictions from the 1970s that got it dead wrong.
1
Futuristic Office
With television screens, a video recorder and a photocopier.
2
Hey Skinny!
That regular people would need help gaining weight.
3
Flying Cruiseliner
The future of air travel.
4
The Olympics
The Olympics after 2000, as imagined in 1999.
5
Smartwatch
Receiving a “text” in a James Bond film.
6
Protective Helmet
For the “crash of ‘79.”
7
Futuristic Space Colonies
As envisioned by NASA in the 1970s.
8
An “Office of the Future”
The 1970s were a bit off with this one.
9
Ferrari 512S Modulo
Designed in 1970.
10
Flying Saucer Gas Stations
The Soviet’s futuristic fueling.
11
The Netherlands
Holland in the future, apparently.
12
“A Space Colony”
Drawn by Rick Guidice in 1977.
13
‘70s Fashion
As predicted by a designer at the decade’s start.
14
Fact Cigarettes
Fact: They’re bad.
15
The 1976 Summer Olympics.
