Hat tip to TTCF’er Matt Z. for showing me this funny article from a 1911 edition of the Ladies Home Journal.

The predictions about technological advancement seem quaintly modest. “Man will see round the world!” Uhhhh yeah. There’s a satellite watching you right now. Don’t look up!

However, Watkin’s predictions about the state of humanity have shot rather wide of the mark. “A man or woman unable to walk ten miles at a stretch will be regarded as a weakling.” Hmmmm. There sure are a lot of weaklings out there.

Many people assume that technology will always advance human health. Technology is a godsend from the standpoint of a field doctor in the Congo. What wouldn’t I do for a clean syringe?

But technology is not you’re friend if you’re one of those people hooked up to the factory food trough. Technology is not your friend if you play tennis on the WII as a means of getting fit. Technology is certainly not your friend if you’re considering lap band surgery.