What We Thought This Decade Would Be Like Vs. Reality

Books Would Be Made Of Nickel

Another one of Edison’s misguided future predictions was that books would be made of nickel, not paper. He claimed that nickel would be cheaper, stronger and more flexible than the old standard. In 2018, schoolkids obviously aren’t breaking their backs by carrying metal textbooks. In fact, some of them don’t carry textbooks at all in favor of digital textbooks loaded to their iPads. In this sense, Edison wasn’t completely wrong. Many books are made of metal if you’re reading them on an Amazon Kindle. In fact, iPads and other devices do actually contain nickel, which is an allergen to a lot of people. Just imagine the rashes the general public would get if they were forced to study from nickel-plated books!