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The Future Isn't What It Used To Be
Every day, every day (you really need to be reading the Bleat every day), Lileks comes up with gems of timeless (particularly in this case) wisdom:
Nothing is so dated as yesterday?s future.
Posted by Rand Simberg at June 04, 2003 09:34 PM
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Indeed. David Gelernter made much the same observation in _1939: The Lost World of the Fair_, with respect to (his phrase) "yesterday's vision of tomorrow."
Posted by David Hecht at June 5, 2003 05:55 AM
Grr. The Star Trib started requiring registration to read the Backfence. Darn it.
Posted by Rick C at June 5, 2003 10:09 AM
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