1966: Children imagine life in the year 2000 | Tomorrow’s World | Past Predictions | BBC Archive
Pupils from Marlborough college, Roedean and Chippenham schools predict what life will be like for them in the year 2000. With concerns ranging from nuclear armageddon, overpopulation, automation, battery farming and mass unemployment, it's fair to say that most of them aren't especially optimistic about the prospect.
Clip taken from Tomorrow's World, originally broadcast 28 December 1966.
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"People will be viewed as statistics more than actual people" this kid hit the nail on the head
Almost prophetic.
Yes, the danger of abstraction; and potential evil of abstraction.
A child from the 60's with the most accurate quote on KZhead. Its quite depressing to see how many of these children saw their predictions become facts and just how much they've been let down.
Amazing insight from the young lad.
And then he nails the future of the egg/meat industry at 4.07.
These kids sound smarter than some adults today. They are very articulate.
Because kids learn bullshit now
they probably are the adults of today
@@daddylonglegspidersdontexi3210 of course they are
Why are they so smart tho? Were they like chosen specifically?
@@paulo0651 i don't know why
These kids articulate so much better then 95 percent of adults nowadays.
*than Sorry I just had to, no offence intended…
They’re clearly very posh, probably students of a private school
We make the same observation for the French people today
thats just the british
Even the “sun will burn out and cause an ice age” girl was articulate!
It would be funny if someone said "I think the Rolling Stones will still be touring".
1984: I think the Duran Duran will still be touring in the 2000s.
Even these kids couldn't imagine anything as awful as that.
"People are gonna be out of work due to automation" Pretty much nailed it.
yes!
😂 on what planet? We’ve got more money, leisure time and automated help. Fewer diseases. Third world shrinking. Fewer conflicts. Those are the FACTS.
@@BrakdaytonYeah, it’s great! Now we can live in a futuristic spaceship and drink cheeseburgers in the Wally universe.
@@flexiblepaper7389 or we can hunt and grow our dinner, build our own fires to light and warm our homes, weave our clothes and use pigeons to send messages. We’ve been automating for almost 200 years and we’re not stopping. Embrace it.
@@Brakdaytonthis comment did not age well
" Jobs only for people with computer knowledge " these kids predicted this in 1966.
Except that a large number of people have been carrying 'computers' in their palms for a while now
@@PM2022"Except that" That isn't relevant to the OG statement. Besides, regular people have zero computer knowledge. They only understand how to get tasks done on software/apps.
Who is OG? Besides, that kid did not specify whether 'knowledge' meant writing code (leave aside what kind); you are projecting your own thinking (as vague, misguided as even that is) on to his statement. Meanwhile, of course people have jobs and make money using just the applications anyway, even as there remain many jobs that do not require even that (even if those people may know how to use smartphones--which are, of course, computers). And yet, it is granted that computer literacy is an educational prerequisite now in most parts of the world--but that also means getting a job demands many other things on top of that.@@YtuserSumone-rl6sw
@@PM2022we are still animals first and foremost, one of our greatest problems was when we started to prioritise technology over manpower, creating a very nice gap between those knowledgeable and those that are not
Anybody have sci-fi idea which want to type?
Does it frighten anyone how mature these children sound in comparison to today’s adult?
Technically, they are today's adults, if they're still alive.
@@leejohnson3209 I mean as kids they spoke like adults. No 12 year old sounds like this now. Maybe Asian kids.
absolutely. They look more mature than todays' adults.
@abdallahmehidi4480 kids read Books back then and filled their heads with knowledge
Yes
I was in primary school in 1966 and the nuclear threat was very, very real. How it hasn't happened yet staggers me.
In 1966 ? Why ? The world was on the brink of nuclear exchange in 1962, but four years later ? Did I miss anything?
@@user-yp2mw2ko9k The Cold War was still at it's peak right through the 60's and 70's. Have a look at the British movie Threads from 1984. It still scares me today.
@@user-yp2mw2ko9k "Did I miss anything?" Well yes, the cold war. At that point nearing the height of the proxy war in Vietnam between the US and the Soviets and their allies.
@@Roger__Wilco I never knew that the USSR was involved in Vietnam, could you give me a little hint, por favor ?
@@user-yp2mw2ko9k They were the main supplier of arms and equipment to the NVA. And either way the nuclear threat was still very real for decades after the time you're talking about, just found it bizarre that you talk as if it ended in the mid 60s!
The kid who predicted factory farming and the treatment of farm animals got it exactly right. Did the BBC only take the most dystopian answers? Or were British children that pessimistic about the future? There were one or two that had positive views of the future, but the vast majority envisioned quite a horrible state of affairs.
They were literally being prepared to die as children, it's messed up
The Cold War was still on and the Cuban Missile Crisis was only four years earlier. There was a very real possibility of all-out nuclear war and those children knew it as well as anybody. The world was a seriously scary place in the sixties.
These are privileged children from the most exclusive schools in Britain. Hardly representative of the general views of British children at the time.
the future is going to continue to get worse, I'm not sure why you're surprised
There was most certainly an editorial process that chose the most "engaging" content. That's just how TV is done.
Some very dark prescience in these kids, but what a pleasure to listen to how articulately they convey their ideas
Garurumon. With respect, bbc machine picking posh public school children. But your right, the future is looking rather bleak for them. Also bbc indoctrinated to think it’s all their fault, the children that is..
'Cos they is posh kids innit
These are the children whose destiny (by accident of birth into privileged families) were to become the higher echelons of position in their careers.
They were living through the Cold War.
@@Flappatackle they are British
I would have been around their age then. But more importantly, these kids were amazing. They were so on target. One of them spoke about diseases, computers and the people having a hard time getting jobs. These children from England were absolutely inspiring. I would love to hear their stories now.
What your generation do back then?
These kids are more well spoken than most of today's 30 year olds, let alone today's kids and teenagers
yeah, that's the fault of their parents.
I think these kids seem to be from fairly posh families in England. They're definitely not working class English kids. Their parents and school probably drilled them in perfect articulation. That being said, they certainly picked it up!
They aren't really 'normal' kids, they're upper class/rich kids and were probably given a script to recite.
@@willshad The producers absolutely asked the kids leading questions for this interview. If you asked a child the same questions these kids got you would get the same levels of cynicism, they may be smart kids but they're just kids, they're impressionable and follow instructions.
no not really, they were probably just giving notes to recite and say over and over again until they sound smart
The girl talking about flats & houses being rather small was 100% correct as it's happening in my country
What county you from
Didnt happen in 2000 tho
What she said was obvious even to a donkey. Don't bother.
wya?
@@volactic5240India ofc.
They'd have to be at least 70 years old now. It would be fascinating to do a follow up 62 years after these were done. Plus it's been 22 years since 2000 as well. I'd like to see how they feel about seeing their younger selves. Their kind sci-fi predictions. Or how they feel about the world now, for better or worse.
I bet you anything there all dead from covid too ..
Hopefully they've realised that overpopulation was always a lie by now.
there is a series of short movies made in the UK called 7 Up, 14 Up, 21 Up, 28 Up etc Which follows a group of people from 7 years old until 56.
I graduated in mid 2000's, I promise it was better then.
They’re my age…about 66-68
As a 23 year old, I resonate a lot with the kid at the end being afraid to live in the world in 50 years time.
What everyone seems to be missing is that things haven't really changed all that much. Sure, technology is much better, but we still have many of the same problems we had then, and people are still living much the same as they did then. What makes you think things will change very much in 50 more years?
As a 28-year-old, I feel the same way. :( Stay safe and well, everyone.
@@SunshineCatwomanDentro de 50 años el ser humano estará totalmente controlado. Tal vez puedan reventar a los desobedientes desde lejos mediante la tecnología. 😊
@@SunshineCatwomanspot on, only difference is cashless society but more overpopulated as in 10-12 billion people in 50 years time.
so sad to know this. seems technology developed so much to the point that now people are scared of it though the people of those era used to to so positive about it.😌
I was born in 1949, at grammar school in 1966, studying for A levels in north London. I went on a few local Ban the bomb marches. Between 1963 and 1965 I had a boyfriend who lived about 3 miles away. We made an agreement that if the ,sirens sounded for a nuclear attack, he would drive to my house on his scooter so we could die together! The anxiety over nuclear war stayed with me until the Berlin wall came down. However, it's returned during the last two years! Also, had the BBC interviewed any of the pupils at my school, they would have been articulate, well spoken and respectful, as taught to us by parents and teachers.
What intelligent well spoken children. It’s sad that several of them mentioned atomic warfare as a reflection of the world that they lived in
if these kids were not brought up so well, and warned of the dangers, perhaps we would all be living in a post nulcear war world right now. the few of us that remain.
Kids of the 60's lived in the wrong era because those atomic bombs they're talking is much more dangerous now and it can detonate now if Russia and Putin lose his mind. And kids nowadays still taking selfies on TikTok and explaining their preferred pronouns like wtf??? 🤦
Remember when I was 12/13 in 1966 - it was less than twenty years since they had dropped two bombs. The Russians invaded Hungary the British army was fighting so called police actions all over the world the Cuban Missile Crises was four yaers past, along with the French Algerian War and French soldiers trying to oust the French government. The Veitnam War etc Two years later we got two see Russian tanks in Prague on tele, Aden on tele,Notthern Ireland after that. Yes we had a lot to be opptomistic about !
Not like now everything is about abortion, lgtb, feminist fast and Furies, transexual!
I lived most of my secondary education in fear of nuclear war and although not as dark as some interviewed here it was very central in my teen years. Along with others here, I have to say how eloquent most of these children were.
Can you please do a re-interview with them if they still alive? That would be interesting to watch their reactions.
No.
@@xoazaja653 ok
@@EolosMusic someone failed math
@@EolosMusic So much for the high IQ...
@@EolosMusic They'll be in their 70s silly
Really quite sad... So young, yet their vision of the future seemed to induce only fear. - Would so love to see them interviewed again today.
Yea I wonder why was it becuase of the media, but they were right about the world being a worse place
The amount of fear these kids lived in - it’s the reason the world manifested into the way it is now. Your thoughts shape your world.
Correct, we create our reality. Now, factor in the human Conciousness always living in fear after non stop relentless war & terrorism & the media machine covering only negative events. What this does to the human psyche. What manifests from these constant negative emotions? We continue to create our own jail of oppression
I think the world leaders got all their bad ideas from these kids and made it a reality.
Exactly!!!
the future is beautiful, green, abundant, creative and wonderful. Peace, love, equality and lots of joy. Cheers mate! :)
no that’s not true technology dictates how the future will be everything these kids are talking about the start of the 2000s is being prophesied in the bible this is all happening because of the most powerful and vile humans on this earth control it we can’t do anything about to but you can change your life right now by listening to this message the bible is the truth and our lives are very temporary I hope whoever is in a dark place that reads this feels the love and compassion I have for humanity I hope God reaches your heart because you matter and you always have you’ve been created by the Creator of the world and universe please understand that the people in power in this world want nothing good out of anyone of us and only God really has the power to stop those corrupt people he loves you and he won’t stop caring about you because you don’t understand how much you matter to him until you reach out to him and comprehend what Jesus really did on the cross it was the most selfless act any human has committed mind you he was God in human form but it needed to be done to save humanity please let this message connect with you because honestly the world is in a concerning state 2024 might be the year where all hell breaks loose and I don’t want people to go through these things without giving you this message God blesses anyone who sees this message by the grace of God have you seen this I hope you’ll open your heart to him 🙏🕊️🌟
I might be wrong, but I think that first kid *really* likes robots....
😂😂😂
He actually grew up to play Metal Micky in the TV show.
And did he say the funeral of a computer? He's dark. In fact they all are. Atomic bombs obsessed. I suppose to be expected at that time
@@jacksdjfam And here we are today - probably closer to a full on Nuclear War......
Literally lol’d! 🤣🤣
I was gobsmacked when watching the young lad at 4:06. His prediction of intensive battery farming was completely spot on.
You can help by choosing to buy free range, happy meat and eggs. If people stop buying cruel food, farmers will return to happy food.
@@JulieWallis1963 It's free range for me, all the way!
Better still, less meat or no meat at all. An entire planet full of people all raising animals specifically to eat them is really damaging in a plethora of ways even if it was somehow possible to meet current demand without using battery farming methods.
@@JulieWallis1963 Free range is better than battery, but by no means is it ethical. The marketing material for free range products tends to lean on the idea that animals are completely free, in open fields and the likes, when the reality is usually much different.
They filmed him last week and put a black and white filter on.
Meanwhile, in the 2000s it is written 'Open the box to eat pizza.'
"I think people will be very dull..." Right in the top ten girl! 🎯
I was 6 in 1966 and can well remember the overwhelming confidence and optimism Americans had for the future. Shockingly, contrasted by how dismal the future looked to these well-mannered English youngsters.
I think Americans who watch this may be slightly missing the tongue-in-cheek nature of most of these predictions. It's not as gloomy as it might seem.
@@ajs41 So, all of them are simply joking. Seriously?
By the end of the 60s, that optimism in America had dissipated. The 60s in Britain were far more grim as many ppl were starving.
@@rexfreeman4981 What difference does that make; my point was that the two nations had widely different mindsets. England's national mood was horizontally opposed to that of America.
Not really, if you notice things are exactly as these kids described. Especially under the so-called Biden administration.
They are all so softly spoken and gentle. People seem louder these days even if they have less to say.
yes!
Many of their parents would have been of the " silent generation " born in the late 30s and early 40s, whose lives growing up were affected by the great depression and WWll. Those parents taught their kids not to complain, not to feel sorry for themselves and to just quietly get on with what they needed to do and to do their very best. Bad manners were not tolerated and they were taught that their behavior reflected on the whole family. Most kids raised by the " silent generation" would never be loud or obnoxious in public or talk back to their parents, I am the child of "the silent" generation. My how attitudes have changed, listening to those kids made me miss how people used to speak and be respectful with each other when I was young.
It's amazing how accurate those kid's were. "People will be seen as nothing more than statistics instead of real People". How accurate was that prediction. Totally spot on
These kids are mostly very intelligent and articulate for their age, my how times have changed..
These are some extremely smart kids. I expected most of them to talk about having jet packs and robot butlers. DIdn't expect them to be so dark, and sadly, accurate about what will happen. Was very surprised by that kid talking about keeping animals in batteries instead of grazing, and raising them so they produce more meat.
That was already happening.
Not smart,,but privileged upper class privately educated? Children.
Accurate? How many atomic wars have you lived through? 😮 and how many robot butlers do you have?
@@thenightdrivepictures You don't have them? That's odd
@@KH-fv3vq very odd indeed. i want my robot butler as well as my robot race car driver
1:29 It's like an adult in a childs body! Talks so eloquently and seems wise beyond his years.
Nah, he's just talking right to his age. Maybe you're talking about OUR GENERATION. They're tons of millennials out there who's adults now but they're screaming and shouting like a kid when someone disagree with them especially of "WHAT IS A WOMAN?"😂 Kids in the 60's had tougher and mature questions but adults in the 2020's had kindergarten questions and yet they're answers are always wrong. 🤦 Just like Kamala Harris for example. We're literally doomed, my friend.
@@connordrake5713 Yep!
@@connordrake5713 "who's adults now" oof, if you came out with an english formulation that uncouth at the posh 1960s schools these kids went to the esteemed educators would have you raped behind the bikesheds before the end of the week "Just like Kamala Harris for example." say what "We're literally doomed, my friend." closing an extended whine about millennials with a use of "literally" as a intensifier. nice. kamala harris (b. 1964) would be proud, or not maybe, who knows
Well he was a biologist, so…
@@connordrake5713 you are incorrect the average millennial or zoomer is likely to be considerably better educated that their boomer counterparts. The participants in this video have probably been plucked from a private or grammar school and probably represent no more than 10-20% of their contemporaries. This is an example of selection bias, look up various programmes about how those from those young people from lower socio economic status homes in the 60s would have acted or sounded
These children are all so softly spoken - my daughter is like this, but there aren't too many these days. Modesty is cool.
How on earth were these kids so smart, its crazy how pessimistic most were and yet so accurate. Very well spoken. That kid talking about rising sea levels due to the changing weather 😮
Read read read
That kid predicted a sea level rise of 600 feet, he was completely wrong. Another kid predicted a frozen earth. This was an entertaining video but the vast majority of these kids were waaaaay off on their predictions. It does make me wonder what they were being taught in school at the time for them to be so pessimistic. Almost all of them predicted such a large population that we would be living completely different than we actually are today. Sure, we've had a population boom on earth but technology has kept up with it and is able to provide the things people need at the current day.
@@cjoin83 You're too picky about stuffs. No fun.
Accurate??? 😂😂😂😂😂
It happened with the cold war as the backdrop, hence the pessimism.
1:28 This child, who appears to be at the ripe age of 8 has a near perfect prediction of the 2000s, And speaks more eloquently than anyone I know.
That looks and sounds like Elon Musk
Looks like Matt Bellamy!
Funny cuz it wasn’t true where I lived lol
@@jacobbaranowski FFS
Such an intelligent child. I think he invented Covid 🤣🤣🤣
These children are from one of the most expensive private schools in the country- I'm sure they were well briefed in order to reflect well on their class (both contexts). It's a shame the BBC didn't balance the production with a visit to my state school- they may have been surprised.
My exact thoughts
No they are not all from the same school or private education.
England will not win the World Cup again.
@@ginacable5376 It's very easy to tell by their toff accents what type of schools they were all at. Definitely public schoolchildren.
@@ginacable5376Well, the description says 3 schools: Marlborough college and Roedean are both private boarding schools. "Chippenham schools" could mean either.
The boy who talked about factory farming, I wish he was wrong but he was spot on. Then again it was well set as normal practice well before 2000 anyway. Most of the other predictions were a way off but they could just be delayed.
The kids in the video spoke beautifully. Very pleasant to listen to.
The kid with the battery animals was spot on. Both his comments were correct…a deep thinker for such a young kid…wonder what he eventually did?
He definitely made the most accurate predictions.
@@verynice5574 🙀😹😹
yeah, he sells meats to KFC and burger kings etc.... from his monster battery farms lol.
eugenics
This kid is a time traveler
The kid who said people will be seen as stats and livestock will be kept in batteries is a time traveller.
where tf are u living?
@@onekie5787 where are you living? That’s exactly what’s happening. How do you think meat is so mass produced?
@@connahbrettell9493 nvm i misread ur comment , i thought u meant the people were being kept in batteries
Predicted Libtardism perfectly 👌!
they had factory farming back in the 60s. and it isn't like people weren't seen as stats back then either. holocaust, american segregation, etc. the kid was reflecting on what he already saw in his current world and predicted it would stay the same, if not get worse.
Families used to sit around the dinner table and discuss world issues among other things ,now everyone has a computer in front of them ,we never talk to each other any more .
Well, I've been to the year 3000, and We all live under water!
Some of these children are absolutely prophetic. They nailed alot of what is occurring in present times. It gives me chills.
Children? But they are not children 🤔
Try a sweater
@Daniel Larkins Not true: check your listening ears, dear: these were some of those kids’ predictions: Factory Farming Automation in manufacturing, etc, taking jobs. Sea levels rising. Overpopulation Increased racial and socioeconomic integration and leveling. There were more than just those, too, lol.
They looked like maybe middle to early high school aged, to me. That one boy sounded like a very serious and wise 50+ year old man and looked 11, lol. 🧐🤓 @@christianmendoza3655
According to what I could find, Marlborough College was/is an English public school that was established in 1843 by Church of England clergy for students aged 13-18.
Man, these kids back in 1966 in England were so smart! What a jewel of history, glad I found this on KZhead by chance
Privately educated are with the exception of Catholic school which I find no better than public school!
Are* most of them are alive because it's of 1966 and they look 13-14
They’re all white I found.
@@moshanyu6248 Black kids 👉kzhead.info/sun/a5hpiLuipaZvqps/bejne.html
These children will all be 13 or older. You didn't enter public school until you took the common entrance exam and possibly an additional exam for some super academic schools at age 13. To be fair Marlborough and Roedean are still some of the top Public (in UK Private) schools in the country. For context. I'm pretty sure if you interviewed boys at Phillips Andover or Exeter in 1966 you'd get similar answers.
"And people won't whisper as much as us." Interesting video.
This is fascinating to hear
The little girl at 2:18 talking about how machines would do everything for people was very close to accurate.
Well, over the course of our lives through the 21st century, these changes will all come into effect. Lots of sea rises too.
not rly
Universal basic income
Just told my friend how soon enough, I felt AIs and self service machines will one day take everyone's job and the only jobs available is if you go to college (just like Detroit Become Human)
Not in 2000 lol
How beautiful they spoke. The humility of these children shone through. I think we have gone backwards
Because conservatives dismantle education systems to keep people stupid and malleable.
because kids don't read enough nowadays
These children were extremely intelligent and as if they had a window looking into 2024 rather than 2000. Love these types of interviews.
Very,Interisting,Video,Thanks,For,Sharing
The boy who said people would be treated as statistics and predicted battery farming was a genius.
Well, battery farming was already getting far more popular, was probably taught in school that that's what is going to happen . . .
Cleverer than you that's for sure
@@richard7645 Is there a reason for your insult, given that there's nothing inflammatory in my original comment, or are you just venting randomly because your wife refuses to let you touch her anymore?
"People will be the same. Everything will be the same" They were very accurate. With people running behind trends it just seems all same
Their speech is impeccable. Nearly 60 years later and most kids their age can barely sting a cohesive sentence together.
You need to meet more young people
Wow some of these children are bang on with their predictions
The one child was spot on with regards to automation. You can see that this generation were drilled with regards over population.
Didn't blimmin work unfortunately!
We ARE overpopulated - and the wealthy countries are consuming disproportionately more resources. These kids are spot on....
@@nitramluap No. Just brainwashed by the system of the time. And to those banging on about overpopulation, would you personally make that ultimate sacrifice yourselves to save the planet? No? Didn't think so.
There was a baby boom after the war, but they didn't predict it would come to an end. Anyway, automation hasn't taken that many jobs. A lot of work as gone overseas. A trend which was underway back then.
@@nitramluap As a matter of fact, the global population is expected to half in the next 50-70 years, Households are having below 1.8 children and men's sperm counts are reducing rapidly. Countries like Japan are in crisis as most of the population is 60 and above.
"People will be regarded more as statistics than actual people." Chills hearing that one.
How dafuq he even thought about it...
@@TRYBEmusic and then at 4:07...boy dropped another fact
@@TRYBEmusic Because it was true then, too.
The boy who talked about the factory farming of animals was spot on.
There needs to be a follow up interview. That would be interesting.
What school did these kids attend? They can actually formulate thoughts with complete sentences, and as someone else noted, eloquence.. their vocabulary!
Yes but whilst learning their native tongue, they were also evidently terrorized into formulating the darkest and most apocalyptic predictions I've ever heard. This is some nightmare fuel right here.
The description below the main video says that they attended Chippenham, Roedean and Marlborough College, so some most definitely public schools (in the English sense).
@@jamestheposh For those who don't know, that means "expensive private schools" in everybody else's sense :)
They don't start every sentence with 'So' (very Millennial), nor do their voices go up (intonate) when they finish a sentence (very Antipodean). And they don't overuse the word 'like' by saying it several times over while talking. These kids are articulate, thoughtful, and yes some of them gav pretty accurate descriptions of what life would be like in 2000!! I'm getting all nostalgic about 2000 now! Remember the 'Millennium Bug'? ...and 'green screen' mobiles like the Nokia 3310!? B****y h*LL where did the last 20 odd years go!!
Not in the USA
(4:25) That one boy's foreshadowing of how we raise livestock was horrifyingly accurate.
They were bang on. Would be great if the BBC tracked them down and did more interviews
I'm amazed at their level of maturity and intelligence for such a young age. What happened!!!!
I am the same age as the children and was also interviewed for a similar radio programme at the age of 11. Seeing this takes me back to 1968. They speak like the children I remember from my class. Although the answers sound grim, we were just like kids of every generation in our normal lives and did not spend hours worrying about the future. But, we had picked up on the themes that worried our parents that were being mentioned by politicians and in the media.
Your comment is very interesting. Could you talk more about what it was like growing up in the 60s? I'd appreciate it.
@@4skate2seater Well, in 1963 they invented the Beatles and we were knocked out by them. Then Kennedy was shot and all the TV was cancelled for the evening - we waited ages for Steptoe but no. Next night we were compensated by the first episode of a new sci-fi series called Dr Who. Black and white 405 line TV, a set cost our Dad a month's salary. I did enjoy being a kid in the 60's, decent food, great pop music, lots of freedom, the excitement of the Space Age, hope. The kids being filmed are a bit gloomy, tbh; back then, we thought science would solve all problems.
@@bingbong7316 Your comment was very interesting and gratifying. Thank you so much for sharing a bit, I really appreciate it. The 60s is a decade that I really like to study and analyze from all areas (fashion, music, culture, history, politics, social movements). That's why I really value hearing the experiences of people who lived through that. Thank you :)
@@4skate2seater You're very welcome. It was a decade of rapid change in the UK; most male adults had either fought in WWII or done 2 years of National Service, which ended in 1960, and this set the tone. Married women were mainly housewives. The shadow of Queen Victoria and Empire _still_ lingered across society; fashions like the mini skirt were a rebellion against that suffocating mindset. I could go on..
@@bingbong7316 WOW, seriously, thank you SO MUCH. It is very cool to read your comments. You are free to continue sharing information, I appreciate it very much and I will read it with pleasure!
These kids are dead serious about their ideas. I love how soft spoken they are ( use those inside voices ) And wow! What are their ages? They are pretty damn smart, I mean, I watched a couple of videos on KZhead where this guy asks the average teenager basic questions such as "What's the second month of every year?" The girl responded confidently " March, it's March". I was amazed and terrified at the same time.
I was thinking the same thing about how soft spoken they all were.
I was 5 years old in '66. It's not that the kids were smarter, they were better educated. The children of America, in recent decades have been dumbed down. Taught to believe what they're told, and see being incorrect about something as an insult. It creates a compliant population, easily used by those in power.
2nd month of every year is March? How?
To be fair, those videos almost certainly are staged or pick the stupidest couple of people they can find to get more views
@@kdjoshi726 LoL. It was truly something hey.
They were so well spoken.
Some very perceptive views and frighteningly accurate 😮
These children are very calm and talk quietly unlike today's children
It’s also the audio quality. Those old mics are pretty bad and the audio quantity degrades over time.
It's because they're all posh and are behaving for the camera. Stop being mad at children you weirdo
These children don’t represent all the children of that time though. You can find children their age today who speak like that.
Exactly, I find it so irritating with people being more harsh on the teens of today even though I’m SURE there were plenty of trouble makers even back then. These interviewers just picked the most well mannered kids they could find@@junnaka9326
today's adults
The absence of the words “like”, “I feel”, and “know what I’m sayin’” was refreshing.
It's sad that I was almost waiting to hear those words lol. They are used way too much, but I'm guilty of saying "like" a lot 💀😂
I don’t think it’s fair to make that comparison to be honest. I am fully certain that we have a lot of kids and teenagers now who are just as, if not, more eloquent than the ones in this video. You can’t compare just some of the worst kids you’ve met in real life with these handpicked interviewees (clips that are edited for better flow btw) and just assume that a whole generation is worse than the other. Not to mention the children and teenagers nowadays are fighting against BILLION dollar companies that are fighting for their attention and energy, puttinf all their resources into ensuring their platforms are as addicting as possible. That affects children’s attention span, interest in other matters and it might even affect literacy. These problems are not the fault of the 8 or 13 year olds who just want to play Fornite. Much larger forces are at play here and you can’t just ignore that.
scary how most of them mentioned the atomic bombs
It was real, we had drills at school and bomb shelter signs were visible everywhere. It was part of life at that time.
2:36. Right on spot, little lady. l hope you're still among us to see you did predict the future.
How they are conveying their ideas and have formulated them they sound older beyond their years. Absolute joy!
No, that was simply how it was back then. Today we dumb everything down, move at the pace of the slowest kid, hold back the smart kids so they dont upset the mcdonalds employees, and, most importantly, kids today have access to a mind bogling amount of TV and film where bad behaviour is celebrated. Monkey see monkey do.
@@stephen2583 To be fair, these kids are definitely of a privileged class. But, can agree even the average student in the 60s is likely much smarter than a kid these days in most subjects minus things such as computers, games, etc. that did not exist back then.
@@stephen2583 you seem to hear and see what you want to.
@@sopyleecrypt6899 no doubt you think kids today are the hieght of intelligence and articulation. Int day bruv.
Of course, because schools spent time on core subjects, not bullshit like today
Remarkable how quietly kids were able to speak back then.
They were taught, something that does not happen today. Taught eloquence and self control.
@@daisydukes8252 In other words these children were rich, very negative although some of them made some correct predicitons.
@@kevinjenkins6657 Why do you say they were rich?
@@daisydukes8252 Mate, look at the way the dress, listen to the way they speak. Remind yousrself this was half a century ago, no man had been on the moon. These were posh, rich, privalaged, well educated children, as some of the say, there was a huge gap between the rich and poor. The poor would be more optimistic.
@@kevinjenkins6657 they were beaten
I am absolutely amazed how smart some of these answers did sound!
1:51 she nailed it
Some of the predictions were super spot on in this video! The battery farming, race, and statistic comments landed with precision. Overall the whole video was filled with eloquent conveying of their thoughts and opinions.
And climate change!
@@jackstormo1459 Good point there 👌🏾
@@RedDeadMarston1 like your parents wanted to start a family and have you? GTFO
The automation point with few jobs to go around was accurate too.
@@RedDeadMarston1source? Malthusian theory has been disproven time and time again, we can likely sustain over 15 billion
I was a child in late fifties early sixties, my recollection of what we thought in the year 2000 was everything automated, remember we read the comic the Eagle so read about Dan Dare and looked at those great cutaway illustrations. Interestingly I do remember when we were discussing in class what would things be like in the year 2000, the teacher suggested that life then would not be too different as it was in 1960s.
Well, the kids got it right and the teacher completey wrong..... nothing's changed, then, in the past 60yrs!!
…and not forgetting the public information announcements on TV of what to do in case of a nuclear attack! Ah, happy days!
@@Essemm52 If I remember correctly wasn't the 'nuclear' advice to hide under your dining table? Ah, indeed, those halcyon, naive, days of yesteryear!!!!
@@nuttysquirrel8574 Ha ha! Yes, I believe it was! Funny thing is, even as young as we were, we didn't stress about it too much! We just got on with life! How would the young teens of today cope with that kind of information? But of course it would never happen today! There would be an even greater shortage of counsellors! Mind you, I'm a firm believer in 'ignorance is bliss' lol!
@@Essemm52 Lmao. So the teens of today don't have their own problems to worry about? I'd take a higher chance of nuclear annihilation over a smaller chance of nuclear annihilation and climate change
I saw this on TickTock just now . My mom was 11 yesrs old here . These kids are so articulate
The kid who predicted the livestock blew my mind how he said animals will be kept in batteries unable to graze
It was incredible to hear children speak so eloquently and NOT use the words “so” and “like” all the time.
Yeah, like, you're so right there buddy!
so… unlike this?
i know right like it's incredible so like yeah
“Literally” another one!
That's more due to their upbringing and social class.
I love how people are complaining about today's kids, but as adults they are part of the reason that today's children are the way they are. There is a direct correlation.
Too right, gen X are responsible for today's children and yet they seem to bash on about it the most. Whiny lot.
That boy commenting on automation taking over and there being a population explosion. Spot on.
"In the year 2000 the BBC will interview kids who didn't go to private school."
This is pretty amazing, can BBC find these children now and see what they say? That could be interesting!
They'd all not have the same elocution, that's for sure.
No box tickers for the BBC
So brilliant, respectful, and perfectly articulated! I hope that all these kids grew up to be happy and healthy!
Can't believe we are in 2023, the advanced world. The world had a rapid development within these 60 years.
Covid-19 destroyed it and sent us backwards
@@PraveenSriramThanks to China 🇨🇳
"People will be regarded as Statistics more than actual people". Why do I feel like I have heard a similar line before?
I was born in 1960. It’s interesting to hear how educated these young people are and how articulate they are about the things that were worrying them at the time- climate, over population, loss of jobs to computers, climate change, nuclear war, racial integration and levels of wealth. I suppose being just that little bit older than me, the proximity to the last war had more effect on them than it ever did on me( I went to Grammar school but I remember very little being taught about nuclear weapons or climate change. Maybe it was their parents informing them?) The blond girl early in the discussion really nailed it.
They were being filmed in a time when cameras were a luxury. Clearly, they were chosen for a reason, most likely related to status. Yes, they are eloquent and sound educated, but this is not a general representation of society. The non-eloquent children were probably too busy working to help their parents and didn't quite have the time to acquire an extended lexicon. Furthermore their accent influences our perception of what eloquence and education mean as it is well-known that English speakers tend to associate the British accent with good eloquence. Modern young adults may not often speak with a very noticeable English accent, especially if they are not from England, but they do exhibit many qualities that are light years ahead of people from even 10 years ago.
@@dantemeriere5890 , I was born in the states in 1961 and I should go back to the 60s in a heartbeat. I remember having a movie camera, by then I was about 13 or 14 and in the early 70s. I do have movies of me from the early 60s that I turned into VCR cassettes, sadly, I can seem to find them, =(
@@dantemeriere5890 These are indeed posh, "upper-class" children. Their language skills and general eloquence is a direct representation of their social class.
I was born in 1961 I think the dark haired girl nailed with the computers and loss of jobs. Impressed how smart these children are and what they think about their future.
I was born in 1948 and back then I thought I would be dead by the time I reached 50 years old and here I am still alive at 74 years old and I thank God that I'm still alive because I die to myself I became born again through our Savior Jesus Christ and that was 12 years ago if I would have died at 50 years old I would be in hell right now thank you Jesus thank you Jesus!🙂🙏🙏
The best bit is you can understand every word they say….
Those kids are so well spoken. I was born in the UK in 1962 so I'm a few years younger than them, but standards have definitely fallen.
Those were dark times even for kids. With the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Vietnam war going nowhere.
The kids at 2:09, 2:17 and 2:38 hit the nail on the head!!! What a sad reality we live in now!
How can you say that? Our world today is infinitely better than what these frightened kids envisioned. I'm sorry you see the world in such a horribly negative way. What do you think these kids would have thought of the cell phone you are holding in your hand right now??
@@BramHepburn No the owner of the other comment is right. We have machines, cell, tec doing everything for us now, it is no fun. It's not that there "frightened there just being honest. We have "upgraded" things now a days but so many things are just easy, you don't work for it and yes like I said tec has a LOT to do with that. See how wise and smart people are and KIDS?! You would NEVER see that now. Some things are better off as they were. Not trying to be negative there are alright things but it is a sad reality. Coming from a teen. I also read comment saying "My mum was a teen in the 60s, she was surprised at how gloomy these kids are about the future. In general 60s kids were optimistic and bright-eyed. Maybe these kids, coming from a strict private school, were more influenced by doom-saying adults around them and less able to mix with peers and just have fun? Sad to see teens in the swinging sixties so pessimistic about their future." So no it's all kids were not "frightened" nor scared.
@@BramHepburn a portal, just what it is
@@BramHepburn Cell phone, pah, only plebs use YT on a phone, PC or TV all the way :D.
“Some madman will get the atomic bomb and just blow the world into oblivion.” Straight to the point 😂
I recall from the movie Sleeper that it was a man named Albert Shanker.
And the swish of the gead implying he is that mad man
"People will be regarded as statistics and not actual people!" How true young man, how true!!
Unbelievable how accurate many of them were
that young boy at 4:25 is just a time traveller he has everything exactly right.
Those kids were extremely smart! I was actually expecting a different kind of responses, but they addressed social issues as an adult would do.
Exactly
They are children who are well educated and live in a less TOXIC WORLD -special today but not at that time
I'm always thankful that I went to school in the 60s and 70s, and not in the 21st century.
I would love to hear an interview with all of these kids today.
Some of these children had a lot of insight into the future. I'm impressed.
The young chap talking about statistics and animal farming is one of the smartest and most well spoken kids I've seen. Way more classy and eloquent than any of the kids I see today.
That one creeped me out.
You don't get out much.
How about the child taking about blacks and whites living along together one day!?
True, every damn one of his predictions came true
Way more classy and eloquent than most kids you'd have seen back then too, I reckon
Wow, what a bundle of joy these teenagers are
Sure, but ask the current zoomers to imagine life in the year 2062 and they'll say climate change will have fried us all to a giant crisp!!
@@SmartCookie2022 if you think climate change isn't real, go to the Maldives and ask them, while you still can
@@filipburic5194 thats a strawman fallacy , he never said anything about climate change not being real , he just said people nowadays think the world would have ended by the 2060s
@@onekie5787 but that's not what people really think though is it, he's just being facetious, hence my Maldives comment. Ask the how they'll be doing in 2062 and they may give you that exact answer. I'm not sure where you live, but I live on an island, which suffers more year on year from climate change, and I'm pretty comfortable in listening to the worlds leading scientists in regards to where we are heading by the end of the century
@@filipburic5194 Climate change happened back when the dinosaurs were alive. Imagine thinking climate change is man made. Go huff your pipe some more.
I don't like how accurate this was. They predicted more accurately than they probably assumed at the time.
Some of their predictions are spot on