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What Happens When An Artist From 1910 Tries To Predict The Future?

The French artist Villemard set out to predict what life would look like in the year 2000 way back in 1910. The results weren’t exactly, err, accurate, but they are pretty breathtaking. It’s a great reminder of how quickly the world changes in such unpredictable ways. 

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Alvin Melathe

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