Project Gutenberg 2006-09-09 Public domain in the USA. 436 Wells, H. G. (Herbert George) 1866 1946 Wells, Herbert George Anticipations Of the Reaction of Mechanical and Scientific Progress upon Human life and Thought Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anticipations Locomotion in the twentieth century -- The probable diffusion of great cities -- Developing social elements -- Certain social reactions -- The life-history of democracy -- War in the twentieth century -- The conflict of languages -- The larger synthesis -- Faith, morals, and public policy in the twentieth century. Produced by Malcolm Farmer, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Anticipations" by H. G. Wells is a speculative analysis written in the early 20th century. This work presents a series of forecasts regarding the future of human life and society influenced by the advancement of mechanical and scientific progress. Wells emphasizes the changes that are likely to occur in the realms of locomotion, urbanization, and social structure, reflecting on how these trends will shape the experience of everyday life in the coming century. The opening of "Anticipations" introduces the premise of the book as a thoughtful examination of the evolution of transportation and its broader implications on societal transformations. Wells begins by discussing the past evolution and future potential of land locomotion, asserting that advances in transit not only facilitate personal travel but also profoundly influence political, military, and economic dynamics. He presents a historical overview of the steam locomotive's development, highlighting how past transportation innovations led to significant societal changes, and then transitions into speculating about future forms of transit, such as motor vehicles and specialized transport systems, which will reshape urban environments as populations expand and evolve into more interconnected urban regions. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 46.3 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Civilization Twentieth century -- Forecasts Communication and traffic Social prediction HN Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: Politics Category: Economics 549295 2025-07-08T08:16:17.933240 text/html 553944 2006-09-09T17:29:00 text/html 279366 2025-07-08T08:16:24.806203 application/epub+zip 282882 2025-07-08T08:16:19.843248 application/epub+zip 282881 2025-07-08T08:16:18.671235 application/epub+zip 467800 2025-07-08T08:16:28.845218 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 425406 2025-07-08T08:16:24.032214 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 422153 2022-09-09T08:30:41.745360 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 509381 2025-07-08T08:16:17.334243 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 509372 2006-09-09T17:29:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 509386 2006-09-09T17:29:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 22977 2025-07-08T08:16:28.973172 application/rdf+xml 11010 2025-07-08T08:16:19.165227 image/jpeg 3000 2025-07-08T08:16:18.918235 image/jpeg 189110 2006-09-09T17:29:02 application/octet-stream application/zip 199478 2006-09-09T17:29:02 application/octet-stream application/zip 189052 2006-09-09T17:29:00 application/octet-stream application/zip 262871 2025-07-08T08:16:17.973309 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia