A few examples of this “future in the past” phenomenon:
- SR-71 Blackbird aircraft (1964).
- Douglas C. Engelbart’s “Mother of All Demos” (1968).
- World’s Fair: Columbian Exposition (1893).
- Huge telescopes over a century old with crystal clear optics, Nikola Tesla’s inventions, WW II technologies, Bathyscaphe Trieste’s deepest dive record of 35,800 feet (1953), this “time traveler”—the list goes on…
If there is no such word or phrase, how can this be described?
Answer
“Way ahead of its time” – a phrase which I was surprised to learn goes back at least as far as 1943. (in “The Conquest of Bacteria (From Salvarsan To Sulphapyridine); American Journal of the Medical Sciences; March 1943; Volume 205, Issue 3)
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