1840: The cold war - Alexis de Tocqueville

> Information: In the book “Democracy in America”

specifically, The Cold War between was predicted in his
book “Democracy in America”. He wrote, “There are two
great peoples on the earth today who, starting from
different points, seem to advance toward the same goal:
these are the Russians and the Anglo-Americans.… each of
them seems called by a secret design of Providence to
hold the destinies of half the world in its hands one
day.”
-> Rating:
Sources -
^https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/YXA0dxEAACMAO7_
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https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alexis-de-Tocquevil
le
^https://www.history.com/topics/european-history/alexis-
de-tocqueville

1898 - The Titanic prediction:

Information: Where - ‘Futility’ When - In 1898,
just 14 years before the Titanic disaster.Who - the
writer Morgan Robertson wrote the novel ‘Futility,
or the Wreck of the Titan’, What - tells the story
of a fictional ship whose sinking bears several
similarities with real-life events in 1912.

Sources:
^https://mashable.com/article/the-novel-that-predic
ted-the-titanic-sinking-futility
https://www.businessinsider.in/years-before-the-tit
anic-sank-two-mysterious-books-were-published-that-
seemed-to-predict-the-disaster/articleshow/63773122
.cms
https://gizmodo.com/the-novella-that-predicted-the-
wreck-of-the-titanic-5900083

1926 - Nikola Tesla predicted smartphones and

electric devices:
Information: Who - Nikola Tesla, When - 1926, what
- He Described how cellphones and other electronic
devices, where - in an interview,
Sources:
https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-predicted-sma
rtphones-in-1926-2015-7
https://www.geekwire.com/2015/nikola-tesla-predicte
d-smartphones-in-1926-like-a-boss/
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/tesla-cell-phones
-1926

Ray Bradbury foretold earbuds in 1953

Information: Ray Bradbury - who predicted earbuds - what

way back in 1953 - when,

Sources:
https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/18/magazine/who-made-tha
t-earbud.html
https://study.com/academy/lesson/technology-quotes-in-fa
hrenheit-451-examples-analysis.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/dream
s-of-ray-bradbury-ten-predictions-that-came-true/2012/06
/06/gJQAqbs9IV_story.html

James Dean’s Dead

Information:
Sources:
https://insidethemagic.net/2021/01/alec-guinness-james-dean-
rwb1/
https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/this-star-wars-acto
r-predicted-james-deans-death-a-week-before-it-happened.html
/
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/alec-gui
nness-warned-james-dean-his-car-one-week-before-deadly-crash
-1019948/

Edward Bellamy's 1888 novel predicted credit card

Information:
When -
Sources:
https://www.sciencealert.com/these-15-wild-sci-fi-predic
tions-about-future-tech-actually-came-true
https://edtimes.in/these-sci-fi-books-eerily-predicted-o
ur-future-long- ago/
https://www.businessinsider.com/books-predicted-future-s
ci-fi-2018-11

https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/climatechange
https://climate.ec.europa.eu/climate-change/causes-clima
te-change_en#:~:text=Burning%20fossil%20fuels%2C%20cutti
ng%20down,greenhouse%20effect%20and%20global%20warming.
https://news.mit.edu/2023/explained-climate-benchmark-ri
sing-temperatures-0827
https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/fossil-fuels
-still-dominate-global-power-systems-2023-11-30/
https://www.techtarget.com/searchenterpriseai/definition
/AI-Artificial-Intelligence
https://builtin.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-replacing
-jobs-creating-jobs
https://www.euronews.com/next/2023/05/20/how-ai-can-save
-you-time-5-skills-you-no-longer-need-to-learn
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