VISION OF FUTURE

The vision... they had

A "little" distorted predictions 

From president of Michigan Savings Bank to Henry Ford's lawyer, advising him to not to invest in Ford Motor Company:

"The horse is here to stay, but the automobile is only a novelty - a fad."

Lord Kelvin, 1885:

"Flying machines heavier than air are impossible."

Thomas Edison, 1880:

"The phonograph is not of any commercial value."

Harry M. Warner, president of Warner Bros. Pictures, 1927:

"Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?"

Charles H. Duell,  U. S. Office of Patents commissary, in a 1899 report to president McKinley - arguing that the Patents Office should be closed:

"Everything that could have been invented has already been."

Daryl F. Zanuck, Head of 20th Century Fox, 1946

"Television will not be able to sustain any market it gets after the first six months. People will soon get tired of staring at a plywood box every night."

Ken Olsen, president of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977:

"There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in their home."

From ronpartin.com/free_stuff/predictions.html (see more there) and the book Revolucionando o Aprendizado, by D. Gordon e J. Vos (Makron Books).

Translated by V. V. Vilela.

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