French artists imagine the world in 2000  AARON COHEN  ·  AUG 16 2012

Heading into 1900, French artists were asked to create images of what the world would look like in the year 2000 for a series of commemorative postcards. Many thought we'd have personal flying devices, many thought manual work would be automated, and, um, one thought we'd be living underwater riding giant domesticated seahorses.