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The Future Ain't What it Used to Be
By Virginia Prescott on Thursday, February 28, 2008.
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Word of Mouth Host Virginia Prescott speaks with Matt Novak, author of the blog Paleo-Future. He looks at the way past generations envisioned the future.
(Photo Credit: Dark Matter via Flickr.)
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My friend just recently told me about a new term he had heard..."postalgia". It means nostalgia for the future we envisioned in the past, but haven't yet realized in the present. You think of a movie like "2001: A Space Odyssey" or a show like "The Jetsons" and you get an idea of what they mean. Where are the flying cars and the people-movers?