It’s 2026: Time to Revisit Some “Hilariously Wrong ’50s Predictions”
It's 2026, and maybe we don't have flying cars . . . but we DO have some incredible innovations that no one could have envisioned 75 years ago. Like Labubus. A blog collected a list of 10 "hilariously wrong predictions" from the 1950s, and they include: 1. Jetpacks were supposed to be everywhere. Some designers thought jetpacks would be as ordinary as bicycles, not just sci-fi gimmicks. 2. A hose would replace housecleaning. One science writer thought there would be a future where cleaning involved hoses and hot air instead of brooms. And houses that [...]





