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March 11, 2005

Tales of Future Past

Let's hear it for going back to the future! This site, Future Past, is a rather beautiful exploration of how we used to look forward. There's lots here and it's fun to see how much we've changed the ways we thought we would be changing. The best use of this site is to consider how often we change our notion of what a good future should be. The future isn't what it used to be.

Reminds me of this quote from G. K. Chesterton, "Progress should mean that we are always changing the world to suit the vision. Progress does mean (just now) that we are always changing the vision."

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