2:23 ❤ That is called Palace 🤍 ✨

man those bums punching air right now those buildings are not built

That's a very boring and moralistic future, hopefully we will not be like that in 2440 😅

They were right about Pennsylvania being ruled by Mexicans. They've already started the invasion.

First rate!!! Beautiful voice too.

lies

They don’t even have the excuse that they where destroyed by war like in some European cities. They where destroyed purely because of terrible decisions.

Interesting video! However, I don't like the buildings. They seem ugly.

It's fascinating to hear about how people from hundreds of years ago imagined the distant future... If anyone asked me how I currently imagine the world in 700 years I'd probably think humanity would be completely extinct by then.

Coffee is banned?? Now that would be hell !!

What an amazing journey to go on! The traveling alone was so different than in today's fast moving world. No planes, trains or automobiles. With all the massive equipment he had to bring with him as well. So limited was the concept of photography, no one, including himself, recognized how extremely popular and valuable the then novelty of photographic documentation could be. So much has changed, yet so much remains the same. Instability in the regions because of the constantly changing struggle for dominance creating dangers for travelers. And that money and fame being huge driving factors in his enterprise. Thank you for sharing this unique experience with us. Finally this work can be truly appreciated. It is art and history at it's best and at its very beginning . As interesting as the ancient cities and famous places are, what speaks to me the most is the photographs of the people and the fragile common buildings. The briefest of moments when they existed, almost two hundred years ago, were captured and magically for this period ) actually held time still. Real live individuals so very long gone and who otherwise would have been entirely forgotten. Then these precious items were abandoned to storage. It's remarkable they survived so long undamaged and then were rediscoved. Thank you again for sharing.

This isn't a utopia. This is a dystopia under a thin veneer of utopia. This actually feels like the 'utopian' upper city in Demolition Man. People are brainwashed into a cult of pacificism and timidness with no freedom of thought. The most obvious cracks in the veneer, for instance, when it is stated that princes who inherently disagree, are punished by experiencing war for there entire lives. That is a worse punishment that being in prison. This society took down the bastille (that actually did take down crimimals) for being unethical but harshly punishes any thought that is out of line.

This (the book) despite being very clearly intended to be read as an utopia of sorts, and thus being presented with very positive lens, has the feeling of having something very fundamentally wrong underneath the appearances. Although admittedly that is probably a result of how naively it presents the ideas.

Did the first guy say FJB? I think he did.

Man…. If only he saw how Pennsylvania would actually turn out 😂

His whole utopia seems to be based on all of humanity just turning into angelic, altruistic, loving creatures somehow for no apparent reason. Well if that's all it takes, then let's do it!

“Through a peaceful revolution led by its king” ya, that one aged like wine

Some of these predictions could still come true.

Is that limmeno voice??

Sure he didn't mean 2024 or 2044?😂

Cap, the oldest voices r in my head

Yea, but in your lifetime many will become mosques and within 50 years all will be converted to Islamic centers. That will formalize and finalize the destruction of Europe.

This feels like the Blazing World by Duchess Margaret Cavendish, but without the magic and multiverse hopping

I'm gonna steal this for a multiverse story I'm working on

Yeah, I'll be storing a lifetime supply of coffee in freezers in the basement now.

This would be a dope setting for an open world video game

Thomas Mason buying a phonograph in $95.50 in1878 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $2,982.77 in 2024, an increase of $2,887.27 over 146 years. The dollar had an average inflation rate of 2.39% per year between 1878 and today, producing a cumulative price increase of 3,023.32%.

Beauty and the beast background music??? Seriously 😒

Interesting video (I am from Trier) but there are 2 mistakes: There are not only 2 but 3 roman baths in Trier. The "Igeler Säule" (column in the village called "Igel") does not have anything to do with an eagle. The translation of the village's name would be "hedgehog". And of course there are other important roman buildings, not only the Amphitheater but also the cathedral which is built side by side with the Liebfrauenkirche. They are founded in the area of the former palace of emperor Konstantin. Konstantin's mother Helena was christian and she let built the first church on that place. A part of this is still present in the cathedral now.

It sounds horrible. Free thought and honest, open inquiry would be punishable? No thank you. In the author's imagined future, man is still reactionary and full of fear.

France isn't even going to be French 40 years from now let alone in the year 2440.

Obrigado 😊

this is an incredible piece of history

The Age of Enlightenment lol, when freemasons really went hard with the social engineering.

This future has qualities of a dystopian future.

Does this predate Voltaire's short story of Saturn's ambassador visiting Earth? If it does it may be the earliest piece of sci fi written.

That was absolutely amazing, very interesting indeed. Thanks for uploading this!

What we have today would blow their minds

I can’t believe this guy predicted TVs

Sounds similar too to some near-death-experiences

Bravo Leon Scott 👏

Im from missouri,about 10 yrs ago I read an article about 2 siblings that were in their 90s whose dad was a civil war veteran!I think it said that their dad was in his 80s when they were born,thats amazing!

I’d only want to be immortal to get to witness the how the world would advance in technology, science, social justice and the development of human civilization. But only as an observer and not a participant… Just an invisible spectator that couldn’t interact or influence the world around me, just look! But I’d want to skip through the decades like I had a remote control like in the movie “Click.”

12:03 The Ludovico Technique in 18th century utopian fiction lol

Thankfully, in this reality religion is dissolving away.

What a commie.

The world has many great inventions,but if we are excluded the benefits,it will not matter.Control matters. Who controls the benefits ? Answer:the Deep state.

This book sounds like ass

This would make for a fantastic video game.

They weren't off by much.