The world of tomorrow - Works in Progress
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The world of tomorrow - Works in Progress
After looking at those futuristic covers from 2050—each of which had transhumanist or extreme back-to-nature vibes—it got me wondering: what the hell might life be like in 2100? The lead up to the 1950s had a naive futurism that exploded by the end of the century. In 1950, computers were room-sized and not even thought (by most) to have any real
... See moreWe, however, are preoccupied and tormented by the haunting of what was and by the eternal Long Now.We are so burnt out from surviving the present (and the lingering past) that considering what could be seems but a naïve hobby – one that, ironically enough, few of us have time or energy for.
Jess Henderson • Dude, where’s my 22nd century? – On the Burnout of Future Images
Every progress in science in the last decades, from the moment it was absorbed into technology and thus introduced into the factual world where we live our everyday lives, has brought with it a veritable avalanche of fabulous instruments and ever more ingenious machinery. All of this makes it more unlikely every day that man will encounter anything... See more