1925 Predictions About 2025

Since 2024 just ended and we’ve officially made it to 2025, let’s take a moment to admire the bold imagination of the people from 1925 who envisioned what our lives might look like today. Armed with optimism and a fascination for progress, they crafted predictions that range from eerily accurate to delightfully whimsical. While some ideas feel surprisingly forward-thinking, others offer a charming glimpse into the hopes and dreams of a century ago. Let’s dive into their vision of the future and see how it stacks up against reality.

1. Wireless Banking and Burglar Tech

“Signatures to checks may be sent by wireless to the bank while the cashier watches by ‘television.’ Wireless will be equally helpful to the burglar, who will probably locate hidden valuables by portable radio surveying instruments and other electrical methods.”

Oh, 1925, you had no idea what you were unleashing. Wireless banking? Nailed it. Now we have apps that send money so fast your bank account barely has time to say goodbye. But those "portable radio surveying instruments" for burglars? Hate to break it to you, but today’s thieves don’t need tools. They just send you a text that says, "Click here for free money!" and—boom—your savings are gone. We call them scammers, and honestly, they’d probably think your version of burglar tech was adorable.

This prediction is a solid 8/10

2. Nickel Leaves: The Books of the Future

“The books of A.D. 2025 will probably be printed on nickel leaves, so light and thin that a single volume will contain 30,000 pages... infinitely lighter and more flexible than paper.”

This one is both ambitious and wildly unnecessary. Nickel books? Really? Who wants to get a paper cut from a piece of metal? Sure, 1925 dreamed of ultra-durable pages, but we skipped all that and went straight to e-books. Same idea, less risk of tetanus. You can carry an entire library in your pocket without needing welding gloves. But hey, maybe there’s a niche market for those nickel leaves somewhere.

I rate this one 5/10, in a way, they kind of nailed the idea of books becoming lighter, just... not in the metallic, page-flipping way they imagined!

3. The Unification of the Human Race

“In a hundred years, the unification of the human race will be complete.”

Bless your optimistic little hearts, 1925. This one reads like it was written after a few too many cocktails at a jazz club. Sure, we’ve got a global network that lets us talk to anyone, anywhere, anytime. But "unified"? Let’s just say humanity still hasn’t figured out how to agree on pineapple pizza, let alone world peace. We’re getting there, but it’s more of a “slow burn” kind of deal.

Rating it: 6/10 – It’s got the idealistic vibe, but let’s just say a hundred years later, the "unification" is more like "everyone has Wi-Fi, but we’re still arguing about everything online." Keep trying, humanity!

4. The smoking of tobacco will be a thing of the past by 2025

Professor Lowe says that the smoking of tobacco will be a thing of the past by 2025. Thank goodness we shan’t be alive!

Ah, Professor Lowe, the eternal optimist of 1925. Honestly, we were so close. But then someone said, 'What if we made it taste like strawberries and cream?' and humanity collectively went, 'You know what? Lung health was overrated anyway.' And now instead of smoking being a thing of the past, we’ve got people blowing blueberry donut clouds like they’re auditioning for a vape Olympics.

Rating it: 1/10 – If predictions were cigarettes, this one was already burnt out before it even lit up. Here's hoping he's enjoying a smoke-free afterlife, knowing that "maybe next century" still isn't quite it!"

5.The Bald and the Bold

“The average man of 2025 will wear a synthetic felt one-piece suit and a hat—baldness being almost universal by then.”

Oh, 1925. You really thought 2025 would be the year everyone embraced full-blown baldness like it was a fashion trend. Did you picture us all shiny-headed and strutting around in beige onesies, looking like extras from a dystopian sci-fi movie? Bold of you. Pun intended.

Here’s the thing: synthetic fabrics? You nailed it. We love a good polyester blend. But *felt?* That’s a choice. Nobody in 2025 is waking up and thinking, "You know what would make this scorching summer better? A thick, scratchy felt suit." And the baldness? Sorry, but hair is still a hot commodity. If anything, 2025 gave us TikTok haircare influencers and endless arguments about middle parts versus side parts. Hats are optional, not survival gear.

Rating it: 2/10

6.Planes, Blimps, and Big Dreams

“Giant aeroplanes will carry fifty passengers from London to Paris in a couple of hours, or to Constantinople between breakfast and dinner.”

Fifty passengers? Adorable. That’s practically a family outing by today’s standards. In 2025, commercial jets are cramming in as many people as humanly possible—your knees are in your chest, but hey, at least the snacks are free (sometimes).

Rating it: 7/10 – They were pretty close on the "giant" part (hello, jumbo jets), but "a couple of hours" for long-haul flights? That’s still a bit of a stretch. The dream is nice, though.

7. Nothing to Laugh At

"According to scientists, there will be nothing in the world to laugh at 100 years hence. Life 100 years hence will not be without its compensation, for nothing to laugh at will mean no efficiency experts, reformers, welfare workers, uplifters of glad-handers."

Damn, that’s dark. A world without laughter? Thankfully, 2025 is doing just fine in the comedy department—often unintentionally. Efficiency experts still exist, only now they’re selling productivity hacks that involve color-coded calendars. Reformers are busy on Twitter, and glad-handers have found their natural habitat in corporate LinkedIn posts. If anything, we’ve perfected the art of laughing to cope with all of it. Scientists of 1925, your dystopia missed the mark—there’s more to laugh at now than ever before.

Rating it: 5/10 – As much as the world could use a break from the constant buzz of self-improvement gurus, a world without laughter would be a sad place indeed.

8. Living to 150

“20 years added to human span of life… Century hence we may reach age of 150. Savant says man may become immortal.”

We wish. In 2025, we’ve made it to an average lifespan of around 80—give or take a few years, depending on your diet and how much time you spend doomscrolling. Immortality? That’s still in the realm of billionaires funding bizarre anti-aging experiments. The rest of us are just trying to remember where we left our glasses. Sure, we’ve got fitness trackers and gene-editing breakthroughs, but 150? Let’s be honest: most of us are just hoping to make it through the week without pulling a muscle.

Rating it: 5/10 – A nice thought, but immortality is still firmly in the realm of sci-fi movies and vampire lore. Living longer? Maybe. Becoming immortal? Well, we’re still waiting for that magic pill.

Conclusion

This 1925 vision is like a fever dream of efficiency and… felt. They dreamed big, but they didn’t dream practical. We kept the speedy travel, the synthetic fabrics, and the obsession with time-saving, but baldness and blimps? Hard pass. Still, you can’t fault them for imagining a future that’s as shiny as the hats they thought we’d all be wearing.

And honestly? i think we should bring back the word “hence”-it makes everything sound like it’s being read from a scroll in a candlelit castle.

Let’s make 2025 the year we revive “hence.” Not because it’s necessary, but because it’s fun. After all, if the scientists of 1925 could imagine a world with no laughter, we can at least imagine a world where every email ends with: “I forgot to attach the file. Hence, my bad.”