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What Futurists Got Wrong About the Year 2000

Aired on 02/25/1994 | CC tv-pg
Predictions about the future almost never look good in hindsight. After all, the visionaries of the '50s promised us jet packs and flying cars, and neither came to pass.

Nonetheless, Oprah asked the leading futurists in 1994 what the year 2000 would look like. Behold their bold (if not accurate) visions of the 21st century, from cars that fit into suitcases to vending machines that dispense french fries in a flash! (Hey, one of them came true...sort of...eventually.)

Original airdate: February 25, 1994