Marriage In 2003 As Viewed From 1933

Take a little of George Orwell's 1984, mix it with an (un)healthy dose of Nazi eugenics, throw in modern technology and its accompanying privacy concerns, and you have the subject of this 1933 article by a psychiatrist about the future of marriage.  Posted on Paleofuture, the article looked ahead to the marital rituals of 2033.

Dr. Wile imagined a bureau of records under government control that would begin monitoring people the day they were born. He predicted that everything about a person would be recorded; from someone's physical and mental defects at birth to the subjective progress and imperfections of that person throughout their life. Then, when someone wished to be married, they would be assessed by bureaucrats and found a suitable mate based upon case cards that have been cross-indexed against members of the opposite sex. These assessments would be made based on class and desirable physical and mental traits.