24 Vintage Advertisements That Attempted to Foresee the Future

Businesses and science fiction writers share a common goal: predicting the future. By correctly anticipating trends, businesses can capitalize on opportunities and make profits. Through marketing, they can shape people's perceptions of what the future should look like. These 24 retro ads attempt to predict the modern world, some with accuracy and others missing the mark. While some predictions, like the challenges of inflation and the desire to avoid cooking, have come true, others, such as living in floating cities, remain far-fetched. Explore these ads to see which predictions were right and which were wrong.