The predicted demise of C, X and Q

The predicted demise of C, X and Q:

More than a 100 years, probably before the title "futurist" existed, a civil engineer John Elfreth Watkins Jr. wrote an article predicting what life in America would be like in the year 2000. This wasn't the floating cars of "Back to the Future II" or Big Brother of Orwell, but apparently legit attempts to scan the horizon for advancement.

"These prophecies will seem strange, almost impossible," the article begins.

He got some right:

"Wireless telephone and...