This Old Book Predicted Everything

[@Thoughty2]

Read about the phenomenon of social ratings and the possible effect of their implementation here: kas.pr/z2un

[@fret1]

Gamer

[@michaelcronin1566]

I may be...

[@staretimecomics]

You make great videos, Thoughty. Thanks, man.

[@masternobody1896]

thoughty got scamed

[@ballsack6547]

Get your tongues out his ring piece , that's my job 💩

[@anteaters-R-us]

“History doesnt repeat itself but it does rhyme” - Mark Twain

[@afonsoferreira2652]

Historia ipsa non iteratur, remigat!

[@lorashampine2454]

@@Nahobino777 same

[@stevenblackwell4903]

A man also ahead of his time

[@bowie6639]

Damn, Mark Twain took all the good quotes. 😤

[@yt8co]

That is one of the shittest Mark Twain quotes I've ever heard.

[@YeshuaIsTheTruth]

"This Old [and New] Book[s, movies, people, and TV shows] Predicted [or inspired] Everything" 0:22 Leonardo DaVinci 3:24 Minority Report 4:14 1984 6:23 Jules Verne 8:11 Metropolis 9:08 HG Wells 9:38 Arthur C Clark 10:19 Niel R Jones 11:19 Aldous Huxley 12:05 Ralph124C 41+ by Hugo Gernsback 12:55 2001 A Space Odyssey 14:17 Star Trek 15:31 Tom Swift and his Electric Rifle by Victor Appleton 16:43 Fahrenheit 451 17:42 4338 by Vladimir Odoesvky 19:00 Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner 20:42 The Simpsons

[@stoyantso1545]

thank you!

[@JD-pp4mj]

Olaf Stapledon's "First and Last Men" would be a good addition to this list but it's more of a future history, from the 1930's on.

[@MrStarTraveler]

Science fiction authors try to predict the future, but end up designing it.

[@TheFrog767]

🎯 the elite filth use it

[@howrylo]

My family has always said that

[@Gl-my8fw]

And in the last couple days they have completely stopped even hiding their agenda. Somehow the idiots are eating the censorship and doxxing right up.

[@amberevans5721]

👍👏👏👏

[@santzerosantone]

no fear kzbin.info/www/bejne/jam8eWh5jcejj6M

[@_zsebtelep8502]

Mentioned books: George Orwell 1984 4:18 Jules Verne Travel To The Center Of The Earth 6:29 Jules Verne 20000 Leagues Under The Sea 6:33 Jules Verne From The Earth To The Moon(1856) 6:34 Isaac Asimov I Robot (rly good) 8:57 Herbert George Wells War Of The Worlds 9:07 Herbert George Wells The Shape Of Things To Come 9:16 Neil R Jones Space War (not sure) 10:18 Aldous Huxley Brave New World 11:12 Hugo Gernsback Ralph 124 C41+ Victor Appleton Tom Sviwft And His Electric Shock Rifle 15:30

[@peachy_scoundrel415]

You're the best

[@cathyhamlin3611]

What about the bible whose predictions have mostly have come to pass?

[@peachy_scoundrel415]

@@cathyhamlin3611 wasn't in the video

[@LaurP0816]

@@cathyhamlin3611 which predictions?

[@masedub976]

What about Fahrenheit 451@ 16:40

[@lindaanderson1660]

When I was young I read a sci fi short story about a tablet that two children found that taught them things on its screen. When my granddaughter told me about a a thing with a screen that could hold many books in it, before I could believe it, she had to show one to me. I live in a sci fi world!

[@dr.OgataSerizawa]

@Linda Anderson.....as do we all, my dear!

[@augustuscampbell1313]

And this is so normal for us

[@dr.OgataSerizawa]

@@augustuscampbell1313 Some days it’s just so surreal! Freaky.......

[@lucyvantemse4583]

@@augustuscampbell1313 yes, it is so normal for us. And no escape seems possible.

[@thefoxhat6163]

When I was young we had cassettes with games. I'd hook my receiver up to a recorder and get my friend to hook his up to the mic and play for me to record or vice versa. The internet in Scotland circa 1983.

[@tmfd9476]

The movie “idiocracy” is the single most accurate prediction movie... hands down!

[@nathanielmcdonald1910]

water? like from the toilet?

[@Dom-Perignon]

Brawndo got what plants crave!!!

[@romeposada3591]

People n fruit n shit. LoL.

[@chappers666770]

@@harukasatou1359 us just hit 250,000 deaths i dont think its over lmao

[@randybaker9682]

When that movie came out I said that debt is the direction this country is going if we don't start doing our homework

[@ZENMASTERME1]

“It’s easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled” ~{Mark Twain}~

[@masternobody1896]

yep

[@allenmax8995]

''it's not what you don't know that gets ya' into trouble...it's what ya' know for sure...that just ain't so'' Mark Twain

[@jasonpettit9984]

Well said,thank you.

[@jasonpettit9984]

@thomas fraley well to be honest,it's an illusion...you only think you have a choice ,the TRUTH is the people that actually run this planet they have already made a choice they know exactly who is going to be their little public puppet,,,get my drift yet,now you know...

[@jasonpettit9984]

@Dylan Rogers what do you disagree

[@franciscocunhaetavora9132]

Originally published in London in 1892, Golf in the Year 2000 is the story of Alexander John Gibson, a golf afficionado who "fell into a trance on the night of Thursday, March 24, 1892" and awoke 108 years later on March 25 in the year 2000. This amazing book predicted television, digital watches, bullet trains, and more.

[@hellavadeal]

Someone needs to tell the government that Orwell's book was a warning not a how to manual.

[@KevinHudsonL]

I have said this exact thing many times.

[@mariow7818]

@@KevinHudsonL They based it on his work and improved on it, so people can't have a chance like in Orwell's book

[@ravenwraith1017]

Mario W excuse me? Winston and his buddies actually had a chance? You are funny.

[@Chris-rj4fs]

The problem is us, as citizens, are doing it to ourselves. Big brother is watching because we invite him with us everywhere we go. Alexa and Siri, smart phones, gps... we pretty much beg to be watched! From there everything else that happens is just falling dominos

[@hellavadeal]

@@Chris-rj4fs , Someone has been keeping their eyes open. Stay strong.

[@AGDinCA]

_A Princess of Mars,_ written by Edgar Rice Burroughs in 1912, absolutely astounded me with its mechanical predictions. The entire Barsoom series is chock full of stunningly accurate predictions. One that comes to mind is what we would now call instant messaging, or email

[@-low--911]

I recently listened to this book. It is amazing.

[@deBILLitation]

The entire Fighting Man of Mars series is an amazing technological read, it made me smile when they made that movie man.

[@trishcouncell2342]

Love this series ❤️

[@PaleSpiderQueen]

Yoooh you tricked me into watching your whole sponsor, didn't even realise it was one until the end. Well played man well played

[@rainbowfury1019]

Masterful writing right there 🌟

[@joerionis5902]

It was *S M O O T H*

[@KMC_10]

@Jeremy Sheppard you South African bro?

[@leemeyer9395]

Was it smoother than a brew sponsor?

[@Master_Of_The_Universe]

Well a man stuck a stick in the ground and found out that it was 40,000km around sooooo.

[@kevindube7096]

Now I’m not sure if these authors “predicted” anything or if the coming generations of scientists were influenced by the “predictions” 🧐 Great video

[@andreaskarahoca8349]

Roko's Basilisk Thought Experiment.

[@jaeno1]

I've often wondered the same of the Bible 😏

[@TLabsLLC-AI-Development]

​@@jaeno1 That's mostly just pure delusion.

[@amazinggrace5692]

Both.

[@mrwpg]

Or the "scientists" were directed by the "thinkers", the WEF has been playing a century long game of takeover the globe... Klaus Schwab was directly funded by the German NAZI party, even his Ivy League education was a CIA programme... the "young leaders" system is revolting...

[@sounak5853]

"You don't freeze both your wives, just your favourite one" - Thoughty2, 2020

[@joshclark756]

can be taken out of context

[@b0rdic0n62]

@@joshclark756 That would make him look like a psychopath.

[@deepdrag8131]

You freeze them both, but only thaw out one.

[@caseyiversen6543]

Really though, the well timed humor makes it easier to get through the video without existential crisis lol

[@thanosnoctem4473]

@@caseyiversen6543 lmao agreed

[@darkmaitri]

Thoughty, thank you for this video. I have stated elsewhere, but will say again, your excursions of late into more "edgy" areas of investigation has raken insight, farsight, curiosity, daring, faith in people, and courage. So your having done so has given me faith that perhaps all is not lost for humanity. I once designed and then taught an English class called,, "Science Fiction, a Literature of Prediction." It wasn't terribly popular, but enjoyed some not small enrollment of about 15 students. I didn't overwhelm them but instead wished to challenge them. For I believe a single person can make a difference, if the right action is carried out at the right moment. Anyhow, your taking this topic up is inspiring! Excellent!

[@FriendlyNeighborhoodNitpicker]

I can’t believe you got through this whole thing without mentioning A Logic Named Joe, which predicted google and search engines in general, something like Chrome OS, A form of cloud computing, and a concept not unlike Wikipedia.

[@RomanoPRODUCTION]

Erased by Google, all search engines, chrome OS, cloud computing and Wikipedia because of copyright infringement and royalties

[@SeventhSaucer]

RomanoProductions I just googled it and the Wikipedia page came right up.

[@RomanoPRODUCTION]

@@SeventhSaucer obviously yes, easy to find but I was joking about the erased knowledge by Google and the leftist media to hide the truth duckduckgo.com/?t=ffcm&q=A+Logic+Named+Joe&ia=web en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Logic_Named_Joe

[@stephenmcdonagh2795]

My grandad predicted the Wall Street crash- in 1932, he also predicted the sinking of the Titanic- though he was in the cinema at the time.

[@alexcarter8807]

A Logic Named Joe, published in 1946! Here it is, good old Baen Books ... www.baen.com/chapters/W200506/0743499107___2.htm

[@TenThumbsProductions]

Imagine being frozen for 40,000,000 years and waking up to *awwwwww hell nah, what is SHE doing her?!?*

[@deathbydeviceable]

Imagine what god would think if he could see through someone's eyes 😂

[@pyrotattooer4837]

🐱

[@deathbydeviceable]

@z borg why did you have to send me dark magic music lol. Doesn't help me at all cause I saw apophis on a heavy mushroom trip. The crucified star is coming

[@yoyohooyo]

@@deathbydeviceable he can

[@Pensive_Scarlet]

An actual social rating system is a terrifying concept. It's already rough having to live in a culture where a "credit score" determines your fate, but at least that's sort of a "first world worry" that you can mitigate or even escape from if you're lucky. Even though the financial situations you're born into heavily influence how your credit score plays out, you still have a quasi-blank-slate when you're born into that system. There are so many parameters like that forced onto us by the existing societies we are born into, and we're all more or less told that we just have to deal with it because we are also born into so many supposed benefits and privileges (everyone is expected to contribute to society or die trying, etc.); just imagine being born into what amounts to a numbers-game caste system. Your parents were both ranked at three, you're born at three until you can earn a higher number, ah, but you've got an invisible disability that's difficult or impossible to properly diagnose, so you'll inevitably be ranked down for merely drawing breath.

[@beaudoinsoss]

Life is and was always a numbers game

[@steeldriver5338]

The credit score I somewhat understand, as if I was the one lending someone else money, I'd like to know how responsible they are financially. It also doesn't take into account anything that we might say or do, provided that we don't get into too much trouble with the law (ie murder). It doesn't matter how "free" a society or what type you're born into, you're beholden to it to some extent if you wish to be a part of it.

[@Pensive_Scarlet]

@@steeldriver5338 It's never been about fiscal responsibility. The fact that, for a very long time, just checking it could lower it? That's ridiculous. It's also proof that it's a method of control more than a simple matter of responsibility. When the most successful people want to hold "the lower classes" to a higher standard, that's control, not accountability. It's no different than when political elitists (left or right) try to unfairly permanently destroy someone's reputation. If it were a fair system that didn't have people living in constant fear of permanent repercussions for isolated mistakes, then I would agree with you.

[@steeldriver5338]

@@Pensive_Scarlet Checking it won't lower the credit score, though I do acknowledge that that was a thing in the past. As for the rest of your post, this is a topic which I believe could be viewed differently, and I respectfully disagree. As far as I'm concerned, it's the same thing as giving your word, such as signing a document saying what you'll pay back and when. If you break your word, there're consequences. Most mistakes that affect the credit score aren't permanent, and many don't have a sizable impact on it. Missing a bill isn't going to drop my score 50 points or whatever. For a while, I didn't even care about my score, and I still stayed in the high 600s. I personally think that you're making the consequences out to be worse then they actually are, though your experiences may differ.

[@JoshSweetvale]

This is nothing new. Money is social credit.

[@cienciabit]

Lester Del Rey wrote a book, “Rocket Jockey” back in 1952 which opened with the memorable sentence “When Major Armstrong landed on the Moon in 1969…”

[@yeetedbot]

The cake is a lie

[@DMack6464]

I'm commenting to get notifs don't mind me

[@paulsontag9233]

His first novel “Marooned on Mars”.Throw in the plot of “Capricorn One” and...just sayin’.

[@RedGreene]

Almost, but not quite. "When Major Armstrong landed on the moon in 1964, his first words over the radar to Earth were: 'Who won the Indianapolis Classic?' "

[@brokenwingbird2552]

Lana Del Rey?

[@Lily2U1515]

I often think about the "Dick Tracy" comic strip and his 2-way wrist radio, and how unreal that seemed at the time.

[@dankmheems290]

The shoe phone was also another great contribution to society.

[@perfectlypurepinkpompompan3467]

@@dankmheems290 Aww you stole my comment.

[@evilspacemonkeyman]

Dank Mheems especially if you watch the pilot episode intro. Mel Brooks really understood social reactions to cell phones. What a genius.

[@kelf114]

I was thinking the exact same thing. 😊

[@louisestevenson5102]

It just like an I watch of this age too. Uncanny must be time travellers

[@AuthorEvaIvonneOlson]

I found this episode very enjoyable as you featured some of my favorite Sci-Fi novels and authors. You did not mention though that when Professor Jamison was reanimated 40 million years later, it was in a mechanical body - like the illustration of the Zoromes that you used. Only his brain was saved. One of my favorite book series in the 60s was the Lensmen series by E.E. (Doc) Smith. His heroes had "lenses" that were worn like watches which allowed communication - albeit by telepathy and which also allowed mind reading. Something I would hope is not invented. He missed the boat entirely though by thinking vacuum tubes would still be in use in the era of space travel.

[@Johansen1000]

Books & Authors List: Leonardo da Vinci, 1452-1519, Italian. Philip K. Dick, The Minority Report 1956, American. George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four 1949, English. Jules Verne, From the Earth to the Moon 1865, French. Thea von Harbou, Metropolis 1925, German. Isaac Asimov, I, Robot 1950, Russian. H. G. Wells, The Shape of Things to Come 1933, English. Neil R. Jones, The Jameson Satellite 1931, American. Aldous Huxley, Brave New World 1932, English. Hugo Gernsback, Ralph 124C 41+ 1911, American. Arthur C. Clarke, 2001 A Space Odyssey 1968, English. Edward Bellamy, Looking Backward 2000-1887 1888, American. Star Trek, 1967-present. "Victor Appleton" pseudonym, Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle 1911. Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 1953, American. Vladimir Odoyevsky, The Year 4338 1835, Russian. John Brunner, Stand on Zanzibar 1968, English.

[@Miquelalalaa]

Kevin MacDonald, A Culture of Critique, 1998, American.

[@johncomstock2759]

Issac Asimov was born in Russia but grew up in America.

[@hydrolito]

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein 1818 predicted bring people back to life using both human and animal parts and also electricity.

[@neopagan1976]

it's always important to remember that every great scientific ivention first started with an idea which came from a wild and vivid imagination.

[@andarvson]

This. People imagining the future inspires technology.

[@theeyesareopen-_-3040]

A Lot of times while dreaming..

[@GamingStepByStep]

and also a lot of failure

[@classifiedinformation6353]

My brother Interprets my wild and vivid imagination as "not making adult decisions..."

[@neopagan1976]

@@classifiedinformation6353 - That's a sad state of affairs.

[@SonicMasterLB]

"He made a serious novice mistake: You don't freeze both of your wifes, you only freeze your favorite one." This man is spitting straight facts

[@michaelrichardson3834]

no. he can have a harem.

[@revwroth3698]

Here I thought he was going to say that they forgot to install emergency generators and a blackout caused terminal thawing...

[@No-yr9rs]

@@revwroth3698 s a m e

[@michaelrichardson3834]

@@smug1798 you can in utah! Convert to mormonism today and have as many wives as you like and make jesus your personal savior! **gives you a paper and pen for signing up**

[@GandalfTheGay98]

wives

[@davidlemaster1190]

excellent piece, i enjoyed it greatly. I was surprised since you were covering Science Fiction writers, and what came to pass from their Writings, that you didn't mention the very first novel to combine Science and Fiction "the Modern Prometheus: Frankenstein" by Mary Shelly in 1816 which predicted organ and limb transplants, or Phillip K. Dick and Androids, but I'm sure there's only so much one can fit into a video that has so very much to offer. I love your body of work, educating and entertaining at the same time. Your cadence is exquisite, a pleasure to the ear.

[@jayw6034]

"We haven't been enslaved by skynet" 2020 ain't over yet

[@JuanGomez-mv1qx]

China has

[@Vesxel]

Ohhhhhhhh idc

[@slartibartfast2452]

Skynets just your phone. Zombieland happened two decades ago.

[@derpderpus6075]

Can you honestly say the human race isn't being controlled by "androids?"

[@brianjohnson5272]

@@derpderpus6075 all hail my Android overlord! May it rein NOT!

[@humzakhalid7902]

3:30 another part of the movie that has come true is "pre-crime" in china they collect so much info about citizens they believe they can predict who might commit what crime in the future...scary shit

[@eazeee711]

Sounds like westworld

[@mistyculous9644]

Pre-crime exists in Los Angeles, CA in the form of a relationship map for street gangs that have police stopping "possible" miscreants just because they know each other.

[@AzurTG]

His video titles are like bitcoin, they’re difficult to trace back.

[@meyomix2816]

they always change am i crazy or what

[@ramenyoun501]

"This book perfectly predicted the future"

[@rrkred3561]

11 hours ago it was This Man Perfectly Predicted The Future

[@rrkred3561]

@@meyomix2816 its automated so it can maximum views

[@salemas5]

@Lalalola to generate more views. Basically he tries to make it more click baity

[@keithivey6175]

I just love this man -makes my day . Evrery piece of work is so cleverly delivered and full of great content x

[@Olhar.Internacional]

I've been watching you since 2015... I don't think the last two thumbnails are a good match for the kind of content you make (Exaggerated facial expressions...).

[@muhanadbelhasan1011]

I personally agree

[@michaelcaplin8969]

Yes, it is downright stupid. Also, the title is quite shit to be honest. He has the audience to not become a boring run of the mill youtuber, so I don't understand why he would do this.

[@jamessanderson5068]

@@michaelcaplin8969 he'll know more about the algorithm than you

[@eugenetswong]

@@michaelcaplin8969 people make clickbait titles and thumbnails, because it brings in a lot of normies.

[@calenhoover1124]

@@eugenetswong Yeah as long as it gets people to watch and learn something i dont think the thumbnail matters

[@Jaggyuar]

"You dont freeze both your wives, just your favorite one" 😂 I can't

[@iamrocketray]

Maybe he was a Mormon!

[@garyfrancis6193]

Typical beginner mistake.

[@dankmheems290]

another 50 years when they thaw them out they will take one look at the world be like "Oh gawd freeze me back up again now!!"

[@jeremydewitte5952]

simp

[@vr8348]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@andreaspatsalides1914]

If there's 1 in a billion chance to predict the future, there are still 7 people who will!

[@galil5386]

I predict that you will breathe air

[@ancovwojak6058]

I predict you will did

[@leifcian4288]

I dib a dibble!

[@justsomeguywithlasereyes9920]

Watch as the IQ lvls drop with each consecutive post... INCLUDING MINE WOLOLOLOLOL

[@kelciheit]

Actually it’s practically 8 people now

[@gavanmacnamara8216]

I very much enjoy your inputs on modern time as well as giving the history. And how when your videos are sponsors, you tie it in very well with essentially the core of you and your channel.

[@johnnemesh5459]

"I Robot" wasn't a single story, but a collection of short stories sold as an anthology. Seriously, go read it! The stories are excellent!

[@kiwitoothpick9351]

Don’t watch the movie lol

[@revwroth3698]

I read the book years before the movie was made and I don't remember anything from the movie in the book except for a little girl named Susan Calvin. I Am Legend was even more disappointing...

[@Texelion]

@@revwroth3698 The only thing they kept from the books were the laws of Asimov.

[@bryan314]

Many of these predictions are less “look how accurately the science fiction author predicted this technology” and more “look how many engineers are science fiction fans who really wanted one or another cool gadget he read about as a kid”.

[@timq6224]

did the authors "predict" the future or "inspire" it -- aka, would you have broken that vase if I hadn't said anything?

[@addamriley5452]

Tim Q both past and future exist simultaneously to each other.

[@joshuarichardson6529]

I'm still waiting for Rosie the robot maid...

[@gusty7153]

@@timq6224 that reminds me, there's a sadistic meme-like mind game some futurists tell each other called roko's basilisk where supposedly in the future there's gonna be an AI that will help save the world and humanity but at the cost of retroactively punishing and torturing everyone who didn't help it come into existence, and that also includes anyone whose just heard of this mind game. and the only way to escape future punishment is to help make it come into existence.

[@randomlettersqzkebkw]

Damn man. You slid that advertisement in there so slick, I didnt even know it was an ad until you said to look at the link below, and then the little message box appeared at the bottom. wow.

[@IMLI8]

I loved Jules Vern from my childhood :) His story of not going out and designing cars, submarines, 80 days around world, etc fascinated me : ) he is been a great inspiration in my life :) thank you

[@JimBobMcGee220]

"Telephot" also sounds like a prediction of OnlyFans.

[@camarada1996]

That'd be Telethot

[@mlgreen111]

Well done!

[@petertomov5728]

I so knew I was going to find this here lol

[@hydrolito]

Telephotography was what they called pictures sent over wire for newspapers. Was forerunner of the later fax machine.

[@conservat1vepatr1ot]

TeleTHOT :D

[@5h0rgunn45]

I like how the heat ray in HG Wells' War of the Worlds is pretty much a perfect description of a weaponised laser.

[@markl2322]

If you brought DaVinci to this time, and sat him in front of a laptop, about 15 minutes later he would be using it like a professional, and saying; "I think I have some ways to make this work faster."

[@blueweegie6541]

Sure, why not

[@ghazankhan5449]

He was not born in this time for a reason...

[@vinayseth1114]

Nope. Even the programmers at Microsoft haven't been able to figure that out. If people of Da Vinci's calibre would have created the current-day Personal Computer, they wouldn't have started with convoluted systems to begin with.

[@icywolf9923]

If we could, we would have conquered space travel....or the government would have killed him, since he's too smart.

[@douglasrowland3722]

I doubt that....but close !

[@Kolana42]

Even an episode of the Jetsons cartoon in the 1960's has one of Elroy's friends watching TV on a wristwatch. Fascinating episode as always..

[@Miss-Anne-Thrope]

When Leonardo da Vinci's flying machines were mentioned I immediately thought 'Shoot! Shoot the flying demon!' I've played a lot of Assassin's Creed during lock down. Lol.

[@phantomwolf2141]

hahaha witch one is that tho? I think it should be from the etzio trilogy excuse me k never played anything before black flag (except for the first)

[@saviourfade6849]

@@phantomwolf2141 from assassin's creed 2

[@leonrenner8401]

Atlantis from Odyssee is nice

[@martymcmeme5362]

I remember failing that mission countless times ! I too have “SHOOT SHOOT THE FLYING DEMON” burned in my brain

[@Roboticdoughbull3k]

Best high quality information and entertainment channel on yt. Depending on how tired I am, you can also be the best sleep aid as well 😁😆

[@amardadel729]

Haha, true

[@thatwasprettyneat]

There are a lot of channels I listen to to go to sleep. This one wouldn’t qualify, even though he has a cool voice, just because the vids aren’t long enough

[@jeepz669]

Gett'em good! 🤣

[@ReligionAndMaterialismDebunked]

Fellow Italian.

[@benjohnson1986]

@@ReligionAndMaterialismDebunked creepy. You're high jacking and copy paste a block of text to sling your beliefs. No wonder people think vegans are annoying. Kinda like religious fanatics.

[@TheIamtheoneandonly1]

“Around the world thoughts shall fly In the twinkling of an eye.” - Mother Shipton (1641).

[@michalak7892]

"the book were crystals with recorded contents. They can be read with the aid of an opton, which was similar to a book but has only one page between the covers. At a touch, successive pages of the text appeared on it. " Stanisław Lem, 1961

[@AzurTG]

He says 42 in the begining because that’s how many times he changes the title of the video.

[@toasteduranium]

AzurTG I was gonna comment about “42” for the first time, despite it always having been comment worthy. What a coincidence you beat me to it!

[@AzurTG]

FuranDuron I swear I be scrollin on his channel and think it’s a new video and it’s just an old video I already saw but with a new thumbnail or name. I end up watchin the same videos over n over without even realizin it’s the same video.

[@florencebutterfly]

I heard it too. He said 42 and I was like what and then I check his channels name but its Thoughty2😂

[@calimero5216]

AzurTG Well, that’s one of the good parts of having Alzheimer’s.... 🐥

[@GJGamingBro]

i also hear him say Fourtytwo here, when he actually says Thoughty2 here 😅

[@mr.octopus6972]

This kind of "future" we live in is disconnecting people from reality.

[@AnnaMaria-oy1fp]

yes or disconnecting people from people

[@tylerjohnson4825]

You can't tell people the future, because then they have no future.

[@AFMR0420]

What is reality?

[@Akira-jd2zr]

@@AFMR0420 everything that exists...

[@theHentySkeptic]

Social media is newspeak for tearing society apart.

[@spearmintcookies1568]

Thoughty2: Its more important than ever before to protect your data Me: *Something's* *wrong,* *I* *can* *feel* *it*

[@WHOKILLEDAVICII]

weird I came across your comment right as he said that..

[@crystalevans184]

I'm learning how to do my make up in a way that changes my face, contact lenses etc etc etc The big brother system is already set up, cameras with facial recognition all over the place. He's right. Fuck.

[@PlugInRides]

Dr. Floyd, as portrayed by Roy Scheider (as shown), was in the 1984 sequel "2010: The Year We Make Contact". In the original "2001" movie, Dr Heywood Floyd was played by William Sylvester.

[@TrailBaby]

Social credit scoring system is just a bad idea. "Freedom of speech" is completely out the window

[@bobinthewest8559]

The only way to combat such a thing... is for EVERYONE to be as socially INCORRECT as possible... Such a shame.

[@timq6224]

You have the freedom to say whatever you want. You don't have the freedom to use someone else's platform to broadcast it. Fixed it for you.

[@MillionthUsername]

@@timq6224 There's a legal difference, in the US at least, between a platform and a publisher. A platform is given immunity from the liabilities a publisher would normally face when they publish something either in print or digitally. This immunity should not be abused. It is not a license to engage in wholesale viewpoint discrimination, which is exactly what large influential tech firms do today. They claim to offer a platform available to the general public, yet once they reach a critical size - that some would say is a de facto monopoly - they suddenly begin enforcing their own version of political correctness. This is essentially an attack on free speech since digital spaces have become the new public square. So there is plenty of legal precedent and actual regulation in the US to support the view that social media platforms should not have a free hand to stifle speech.

[@ravenwraith1017]

MillionthUsername yeah, and now this yankee BS is actively undermining liberal democracies the world over. And don’t give that crap about political correctness. It’s not a coincidence conservatives tend to lie their asses off about everything from viruses to where their country’s leaders were born. Giving those lies a platform is how you resurrect the Nazi movement Hitler started nearly a century ago in Germany. Hell, the US has a Fascist leader right now of German heritage, coincidentally enough! Who would have ever thought!?

[@revantheno-lifedemon885]

@@ravenwraith1017 The US has a "fascist" leader, huh? Do you even know what fascist means? or does it just mean "asshole" to you in fancy speak? Also Hitler at least had a vision and some "noble" goals, don't compare my boi to trump, who is nothing but a meme. Also Hitler was Austrian, not German.

[@TheBroccoliFox]

This video reminded me of my Art and Physics course at university about 20 years ago. Fascinating to consider how different art forms have helped to drive technology forward.

[@zyonchaos1818]

This is why I constantly argue with (mainly engineers) about STEM. It should be STEAM, because if we leave the arts out of technology we end up with things created by engineers who are generally a boring bunch of people. We need things dreamed up by artists and visionaries, then the engineers can go away and build it lol.

[@TheLibran1]

@@zyonchaos1818 You need Art at least, inasmuch as in implementing STEM you need Design Theory and you need to understand the sensory communication layers & palatability for that. (Art applied to tools)

[@EdgyVidyaGeneral]

Card's "Ender's Game" series had some interesting predictions about the internet

[@theredneckdrummerco.6748]

it really do tho

[@baltofarlander2618]

And video games.

[@SupermonkeyPlaysMC]

It really does, I consider myself somewhat of an expert on the “Ender Verse” as I’ve read most of the released content. In the Formica war novels there is heavy emphasis on the acceleration aspect of deep force travel and its effects on humans. Atrophy is a common issue, and they even do a high speed acceleration with a newborn infant! It’s amazing how much they predict ans it is so grounded in reality I see it in the future.

[@Alexander-tu3iv]

Honestly first time I read the book I thought it was written in the early 2000s or something, it seemed very contemporary.

[@marcopinedo9716]

That dumb kids think they are smarter than adults and the adults do too?? Cool story bro

[@Exthias1983]

Love your videos my dude! Always informative, and very well made!

[@Skylightatdusk]

Alvin Toffler's Third Wave was published in 1980s. Even when I first read it in early to mid 1990s, I found it hard to imagine the 'overly fantastical' concept of knowledge being available at everyone's fingertips. Most people did not even know what 'online' meant or had their first email address. .... Now I look back and think, "Wow!" He got it right!

[@stricknine6130]

I predict your mustache will go down in history as the most iconic mustache of all time. Thanks for the video!

[@Ben-yj9wz]

Mumbo jumbo

[@meyomix2816]

bruh it was such a mindfuck when it first appeared out of nowhere

[@iliasberrada5021]

@Llewellyn Post Nietszche is laughing his mustache off at your comment

[@eskoriakiebraqeyo7942]

@Llewellyn Post A.H.

[@BlueBirdsProductions]

@@meyomix2816 literally g

[@vicariousgamer2871]

Small minds have significantly deterred the greatness that humanity could become.

[@aaronsmith2929]

A lot of past decisions lead up to that... atrophy of right brain creativity given away to left brain rationalizing and technology and education geared towards corporate development over individual creativity and enlightenment.

[@midget9629]

Thats a pretty smug statement. It ignores the fact that greatness is subjective. There were quite a few horrific events in our past that were attempts at "greatness" and there will inevitably be many more horrific events in the future under the guise of greatness or "good of humanity".

[@vicariousgamer2871]

@@midget9629 You've miss understood my statement. I was being facetious. But no matter. There seems to be a whole hell of a lot misunderstanding these days. And being facetious is my way of dealing with it.

[@DKTek07]

I'm glad YT peeps such as yourself do what you do. TY

[@MDAdams72668]

"He made a grave mistake he froze BOTH his wives" everyone knows "you only freeze your favorite ONE" I could not get off the floor for five minutes I laughed so hard

[@melloyellogsxr]

Notice there was no frozen mother-in-laws..

[@CharlieHorse4363]

Lmfao same 😂😂😂

[@obamacare9755]

That's going to be an awkward conversation when they wake up

[@themcscientist6003]

That was the SMOOTHEST sponsor segway i've ever seen

[@paryanindoeur]

Too smooth. Made me feel like the whole thing is one long commercial.

[@5jerry1]

~ Segue. *

[@ninad.twentyone]

I think I might have missed it... Surely a timecode?

[@kaelanirevyruun1676]

Indeed xD I only knew that it was one Cos of the amount of comments mentioning it

[@Bunndog]

Ninad Mahesh 4:44 - 6:13

[@cherylwilliams9360]

Your quality contributions and comedic input are both fascinating, informative and so entertaining!! Thank you!

[@dan-bz7dz]

And often wrong and poorly researched

[@KidFresh71]

Another intriguing, educational and entertaining piece. Your channel rocks!

[@mackenziekarsonovich1073]

Got to see some Da Vinci sketches in person at a museum showing. One of the weirdest feelings Ive ever had and my favorite museum memory. It was so crazy to be so close to something so vital and historic. Some thing Da Vinci might’ve just viewed at some unfinished sketches and ideas.

[@ahmedelsheikh2737]

“We haven’t been enslaved by sky net yet” 2020: hold my beer

[@George_E1907]

ahmed elsheikh no

[@ahmedelsheikh2737]

George E1907 wdym “no?”

[@UrielSepsis]

2020: I'm sooo inconvenient! The world is literally going to end!!!!11 all of prior history: can't even comprehend the level pathetic that is to come

[@akanji8285]

Whenever you said we might finally admit we don’t give a shit about other people’s kids and pets you earned my sub lmao

[@HomeDefender30]

Thoughty2 is BASED!

[@kabirgoel2181]

"Maybe when we do actually get to 4338, we'll all finally admit that we don't give a sh*t about each others kids and pets" I died 🤣🤣🤣

[@ketsiatshibang9034]

" if youve been eating too much and playing the sims" i didnt know i was attacked

[@jag2709891]

I think “A collection of books that predicted the future” would have been a more correct title, though not as catchy I must admit.

[@surya_0x0]

How about "these books predicted the future"?

[@rafayetrahmanratul1059]

'These old books' would've been just fine.

[@mattball420]

Or "a series of books that influenced the future" we temd to mysticize things when theres a more reasonable boring explanation

[@gmork1090]

@@mattball420 Definitely influenced, rather than predicted. Star Trek didn't predict the ipad, it influenced. Jules Verne influenced space travel. Da Vinci influenced aerospace.

[@caittails]

I kept waiting for the video to come to the point, right up until I realized there was less than a minute left, lol

[@jackscrivens9520]

"this man perfectly predicted the future". he changed man to book.

[@nathanwaltrip7220]

And replaced the man's face with his own in the thumbnail

[@bryanglaser88]

Hey I was finally early enough to see the change! Lol

[@suvman1]

He does it every time he posts a vid. Noticed it yesterday too

[@Ice.muffin]

@@anonanon9009 was just wondering the same. I refuse to accept the idea he's just indecisive about his possible choices, must be some tactic to lure viewers in, hmmm...

[@ancovwojak6058]

Maybe it shows again in recommendations if he does that?

[@romeroson123]

You make some of the most quality youtube videos. Job well done sir. You truly are a master of your craft. :)

[@pieteri.duplessis]

As always, a good presentation. I remember a discussion with a learned professor and him totally rejecting the thought of science fiction writers predicting the future. He has passed on since but I would have liked him see this presentation - vindictive of me, I know, but ...

[@magicpyroninja]

Well in most of these cases he would be right because they more inspired the future than predicted it

[@achyutarjun]

"You don't freeze both your wives..just your favourite one" damn!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@adrianhorczak]

That's a very good point!

[@Cynsome1]

Wasn’t getting notifications. I missed this channel a bunch! You do such a great job researching and documenting all the important facts and add a refreshing touch of humor to every video!

[@seananglim5962]

I use to think this until I saw his video on music and as a trained musician he takes really simple concepts as revelations arguments and straight up didn't understand a lot of stuff and it's made me question the rest of his content as I'm not familiar with many of the topics he talks about but 1 were I can say I am I was disappointed

[@-._.-KRiS-._.-]

@@seananglim5962 Yeah, he's kind of more of a jumping off point. If the topic is interesting enough, I'll research it further after watching one of his vids if it comes across my feed.

[@midnightmosesuk]

I remember reading a book years ago which featured a computer which could be with around the neck and was disguised as a necklace. It used a hologram for a screen and projected a keyboard onto any flat surface using a laser. Of course we do have laser keyboards now though no doubt the rest of it is a few years away yet, though computers can be fitted into a usb drives. I suppose it was also a prediction of wearable technology.

[@LadyLuck13]

"He made a mistake, he should've only frozen his *favourite* wife" 🤣 that made me laugh

[@LadyLuck13]

@Lil Yeet depends if I'm having coffee or tea 😂

[@SemenSlurry]

@@LadyLuck13 that's the best response to a pervert that I've ever seen.

[@LadyLuck13]

@@SemenSlurry Thanks 😋👍 haha!

[@LadyLuck13]

@Lil Yeet I know what you meant. Don't be so damn rude

[@shiprapaul2033]

@@LadyLuck13 haha...just imagine his situation when both wives get up together and see each other in a suspicious manner😆

[@ElliedoGaming]

What I need, is a self diagnosis machine at home so I don't have to wait 56 hours to see a doctor.

[@joshuarisker5525]

Stop being a hypochondriac

[@jeremyjames1386]

They’ve already done that like 20 years ago and has already passed fda. But it’s primarily used for patients that actually need it. That need 24/7 monitoring like diabetics. But if your looking to just use it when you need it your best bet is google they’ve been more accurate then the primary physicians. Besides good doctors that step out the room to google your symptoms.

[@diogogmiranda]

vimeo.com/400221923 this short film is all about that :)

[@juanmccoy3066]

@Grandson Of Cherve his issue is time not cost.... Free healthcare often leads to far out appointments and long waiting times... This is actually the case in the uk, cuba, canada. Vietnam, china, etc

[@kylechin8706]

It's probably less expensive too.

[@Werss_]

That 'Old Book' didn't predict anything, it just gave ideas to the brilliant people later.

[@lewiswereb8994]

This book was required reading in colleges at one time. Now, it is not,but most of the assholes in college nowadays can't read anyway.

[@radharamanivasam7269]

@@lewiswereb8994 Now a days Colleges have taken away the joy of Education, now a days they put emphasis on whether the student stood first in his/her entire schooling or not, and how s/he fares in college exams, so utterly ridiculous!

[@klachingmacgaming8400]

NOT REALY THE GUY WHO CREATED THE CREATED THE CRADIT CARD WAS ASKED DID HE KNOW THE BOOK ABOUT THE FUTER WHICH WAS REATEN IN THE 1800S HE SAID HE DOES NOT READ BOOKS CAUSE THEIR BORING

[@thurin84]

9:35 hahahahahahaha that clip must be from a history channel production lol. it looks like they made the helmet out of paper mache!!!

[@RIPMrTimn]

More accurate title: These old science fiction novels had certain cherry-picked aspects that resemble some modern technologies.

[@laertilika7095]

Thank YOU.

[@hooper4days422]

That’s what I’m saying clickbait much

[@bigladnathanclips]

@@hooper4days422 what kind of title is that tho

[@lalaboards]

Yes

[@jamaicanjuice8684]

The Bible accurately predicts everything happening now. Pretty mind blowing.

[@kevinrussell2718]

Jules Verne deserves a a video all of his own for the predictions that he made: in "20,000 Leagues Under The Sea", for example, he predicted nuclear submarines (The Nautilus), wearable sub-aqua gear, and guns that fire an electric charge, i.e the Taser (though his idea that they could be used underwater has been proved to be wrong!). His other works included: food shortages caused by wars resulting in man's incessant greed ("Mysterious Island"); the use of aircraft to drop propaganda, as occured during World War 2 ("Master Of The World") ; the Internet, suburban living and shopping, large-scale higher education, career women, synthesizer-driven electronic music, a recording industry, automobiles, filling stations, expansive road networks, underground railways, magnetic levitation of trains, high-rise buildings that are lite by electricity all night long, fax machines, the electric chair, and weapons too dangerous to use ("Paris In The 20th Century" - his lost work from 1863 that was onyl published in 1994).

[@mariow7818]

His prediction of electric gun might be right too. We just assumed it has no projectile? What about rail gun? It uses tons of electicity to power it and with enaugh velocity it can runt trough any object.

[@kevinrussell2718]

@@mariow7818 I was on about the fact that it could be used underwater - it would be scientifically impossible without some form of insulation, as water is a very good conductor of electricity! Anyone and anything living around the gun when it is fired would be electrcocuted themselves!

[@kevinrussell2718]

@cunny funt How effective would a water pistol be underwater? Not very - even if it was filled with piss!

[@mwtrolle]

4:52, not just that, PRC seems to have taken 1984 and used it as a template for how to build their society, though in some ways it's even more extreme than in the book. Georg Orwell simply had no way of imagining the technology level the CCP have at their disposal. But the book are not that far of what could have been if we had had today's PRC back in 1984 whit the times technology.

[@agalah408]

Yeah 1984 is just entry level totalitarianism nowadays.

[@chriswhite6095]

Hands down one of your greatest episodes T2. Ooh... D'oh! Hope that's not a copyright infringement :(. Bravo!

[@tasuro]

His mustache is a definition of a +50 charisma item.

[@Batnano]

Title: This Old Book Predicted Everything - talks about a lot of different books from different authors

[@lfabio.n]

He was talking about the last book, the one he mentions the World Leader with a name very close to Obama

[@garyfrancis6193]

Yeah? So?

[@leonig01]

The art of clickbait

[@rainsynth]

@@leonig01 sounds right. i down-voted

[@leonig01]

@@rainsynth The creator is not to blame, but rather the changed YT algorithms which literally require creators to resort to clickbaiting, or else their videos will fall into oblivion

[@johnschlosser8472]

Thank you for this video and mentioning Brunner's epic novel, it is one of my favorites.

[@ASHl33164]

I LOVE Fahrenheit 451, one of my favorite books. So is 1984. Even though they get scarier to read the more dystopian our world becomes....

[@ryadh456]

The social ratings system sounds like that Black Mirror episode: 'Nosedive.' Where people rated each other on a 5-star scale on their social and media interactions which affected their social economic status. Freaky...

[@r0bw00d]

That had Bryce Dallas Howard in it, right?

[@iHaveTheDocuments]

It also sounds like China, Because that's what they do in China

[@tym5791]

It's exactly that except the government is rating you

[@kevindavis872]

Already in China

[@seiyuokamihimura5082]

One star!!! Lol

[@johanna-hypatiacybeleia2465]

John Brunner also predicted the World Wide Web in his 1975 novel The Shockwave Rider. Brunner was the consummate SF writer.

[@andreistancu2903]

he made use of what was known for 20 years prior and 8 years after, the public got to see it

[@yvonaamariaa]

There used to be a TV program in the early 60's that had a maid robot, a flying car, food replicator, mobile phone and a robot dog. You wanna know what this TV program was....The Jetsons!

[@jordanbabin]

Him: “Especially if you’ve been quarantined eating too much and playing the sims.” Me: Oh f*ck

[@carlabelsson8703]

Sure that's cool and all but I can predict the past

[@loveisblind1655]

Lol

[@spoiledbrat9346]

-_-

[@KevinUchihaOG]

bruh, really? I have so many questions about the distant past. How did life start? How big was megalodon, are current estimates exaggerated? What color was t-rex and was it fully or just partially feathered? What was Göbekli Tepe used for? How was the pyramids built?

[@nedas7022]

@@KevinUchihaOG bro chill

[@davidbradbury3232]

😂

[@modocrisma2]

I knew about Fahrenheit 451 predicting earphones. I read it in school a long time ago. It was surprising.

[@garyschasteen9440]

Always love your videos! Thanks!

[@jasraj155]

"Leonardo da Vinci made more significant contributions to fields of study than you have GCSEs" *Geez Arron you didn't have to call me out like that-*

[@hydrolito]

What a GCSE?

[@stuartrusso6948]

Great episode as always but a HUGE bonus points for reference to Stand on Zanzibar....that book took my breath away the first time I read it. Deffo in my top 5 books ever!

[@thepastry8319]

Thanks for the book recommendation!

[@charlii_the_angel]

And da vinci's last words were "I wish I did more with my time" or something a long those lines

[@BrightSeaStar]

:DDDDDDDD

[@TheAussief1]

Without looking it up, “if I have failed my creator it is in that I was unable to live up His or mine expectations.”

[@KerryLiv]

"He made a serious, novice mistake. You don't freeze both your wives, just your favorite one" ~ I fell off my chair cracking up! ... uhem, OK, back to the video ;)

[@lesnyk255]

Minor point: Obama was elected in 2008. He was inaugurated in Jan. 2009. I know you couldn't possibly include all of the sci-fi's predictions over the years, but since you did mention robots, I was a little surprised that you omitted "R.U.R.", a play written in 1920 about mechanical men that even coined the word "robot" to describe them. Even earlier, E.M. Forster wrote a novelette called "The Machine Stops", describing a world in which human interaction is almost entirely done remotely, with people living in little underground cells as part of some great hive. My own favorite is an amusing little short story called "Silence, Please" written by Arthur C. Clarke (some time in the 1950s, I think), which predicted noise-cancellation technology. You might even make a case that "Frankenstein" predicted organ transplants - but maybe that's a stretch.

[@robynannan7015]

There are face transplants now.

[@KaosKrusher]

yeah but not many people know about an old czech sci-fi book :/ and I wouldn't consider it a stretch about the organ transplant but Frankenstein is a variation on the golem theme wich is much older and, in some way, could be considered a robot

[@mohammadidrees5581]

"He made a serious novice mistake, you dont freeze both youre wives just your favoutite one" 😂😂😂

[@walterlyzohub8112]

Wouldn’t the survivor be scared?

[@maurohernandez746]

I mean, he wasn't wrong with that lol

[@Cheeba97OP427]

To be fair, no one said anything about thawing both of them... maybe one was saved as a backup : > But yes, that quote had me laughing out loud. And do some quick thinking when my wife asked what I was laughing at :-D

[@hpcuthulu6249]

He changed the title from "How this man Perfectly Predicted The Future" to "This Book Perfectly Predicted The Future"

[@johnnykiehn1872]

1:52 imagine rejecting the design of the smartest man on Earth because you think your money and status make you equally intelligent