norayoung.ca » time http://norayoung.ca At the Corner of Technology and Culture Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:32:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Life in the Perpetual Future http://norayoung.ca/2008/09/life-in-the-perpetual-future/ http://norayoung.ca/2008/09/life-in-the-perpetual-future/#comments Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:51:00 +0000 Nora http://norayoung.ca/?p=74 I saw this cool post at New Scientist, suggesting that we no longer have a clear sense of when “The Future” is, in the way that we once would have said ‘the year 2000′ or ‘the 21st century’.

I wonder whether it’s actually that we now live in a time of perpetual almostfuture. In the way that we have ennui about technological innovation, and lack surprise, hope and delight about the future. We seem perpetually not in the present, always in the almost tomorrow.

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