Living in the past? - Beyond Tiki

K khan_tiki_mon Member Syracuse, NY Joined: Sep 15, 2006 Posts: 284	K khan_tiki_mon Posted posted on Thu, Aug 23, 2007 7:45 PM The past is the new future? I would say the future never came. In the 50s the future was so promising. Look at old issues of Popular Mechanics and see all the marvelous stuff predicted for the future. The coolest things were fantasized about at places like EPCOT center and Tomorrowland. The Worlds Fair in Montreal, Expo '67, showcased so many wonderful things that never came to be. I grew up reading in the Golden Age of Science Fiction. Authors like Ben Bova, Lester Del Ray, Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Andre Norton, to name just a few. The books were about space travel, adventure, and inventions. I still read science fiction today but a lot of it is post-apocalyptic. The future is bleak. We look back in time with nostalgia to a time that looked ahead with high hopes. Sure there has been progress but I'm talking about the outlook. The outlook today is not as rosy as it was in 1957 is it?

The past is the new future? I would say the future never came. In the 50s the future was so promising. Look at old issues of Popular Mechanics and see all the marvelous stuff predicted for the future. The coolest things were fantasized about at places like EPCOT center and Tomorrowland. The Worlds Fair in Montreal, Expo '67, showcased so many wonderful things that never came to be. I grew up reading in the Golden Age of Science Fiction. Authors like Ben Bova, Lester Del Ray, Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Andre Norton, to name just a few. The books were about space travel, adventure, and inventions. I still read science fiction today but a lot of it is post-apocalyptic. The future is bleak. We look back in time with nostalgia to a time that looked ahead with high hopes. Sure there has been progress but I'm talking about the outlook. The outlook today is not as rosy as it was in 1957 is it?

Post #327809 by khan_tiki_mon on Thu, Aug 23, 2007 7:45 PM