"Life Magazine's Glimpses into the Future" Topic
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| Tango01 | 15 Apr 2022 9:15 p.m. PST |
"I wonder if the relative degree of optimism in futuristic visions can be determined by how far away they are placed. For example, Walt Disney, ever the optimist, set his Tomorrowland in the amazing year 1986… A mere 31 years after Disneyland opened in 1955. Most Victorian-Edwardian retro-futurism seems to have opted for a safer 100 years hence. Occasionally they made those same lapses of placing the future too close to the present that make us really chuckle today. The following "Glimpses into the Future" ran through Life Magazine during 1898 and 1899, and projected into such distant times as 1901, 1912, 1930, and 1976. They do include some more objectionable fears to modern multicultural sensibilities, and aren't especially optimistic, but also hold out perennial dreams like the flying car…"
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| JMcCarroll | 16 Apr 2022 2:44 p.m. PST |
Born in 1961 I am still waiting for my jet pack ! |
| Tango01 | 16 Apr 2022 3:11 p.m. PST |
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