Predictions that came true

 

    It is important to try to predict or forecast the future because of all the benefits that is offers, whether it is business prediction, weather or technology forecast. This discussion focuses on forecasting and predictions that came true. The following paragraphs will look at Nikola Tesla’s impressive and accurate prediction.

    Nikola Tesla was a Serbian-American scientist that is mostly known for designing the alternating current (AC) electricity supply system. He was known to speak eight languages and held about 300 patents in his lifetime. In the early 20^th century, home telephone was a fairly new technology it is around that time that Nikola Tesla had his prediction about cellphone. In 1909, in an interview with John B. Kennedy, Tesla stated that "When wireless is perfectly applied the whole earth will be converted into a huge brain, which in fact it is, all things being particles of a real and rhythmic whole. We shall be able to communicate with one another instantly, irrespective of distance. Not only this, but through television and telephony we shall see and hear one another as perfectly as though we were face to face, despite intervening distances of thousands of miles; and the instruments through which we shall be able to do his will be amazingly simple compared with our present telephone. A man will be able to carry one in his vest pocket (Chong 2015)." This statement is so accurate that it speaks for itself when we look at the ways we are using cellphones nowadays. To be able to accurately describe the future like Tesla did is the beauty of prediction and forecasting.

    The first force that influenced the success of this prediction is the technological force. Telsa was a scientist that was constantly looking to innovate. His technical experience helped him visualize things that could be possible using technology. Using his background and looking at things that he was able to accomplish, Tesla was able to accurately predict the future of the telephone.

    The second force is the social force. Telsa witnessed the popularity of the telephone. He was aware of society’s need and probably realized that being able to carry such device will change society for the better.

    This discussion covered Nikola Tesla’s prediction about cellphones. After reading his statement during his interview with John B. Kennedy, Tesla’s idea was very accurate as if he saw the future in his dream.

 

References

Chong, C. (July 6, 2015). The inventor that inspired Elon Musk and Larry Page predicted smartphones nearly 100 years ago. Retrieved from https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-predicted-smartphones-in-1926-2015-7