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Paleo-Future

May 11th, 02007 by Kevin Kelly

The subtitle of this very nifty weblog says it all: A look into the future that never was.

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Paleo-Future is a steady stream of news about the future that (mostly) did not come true. By rummaging through the archives and dust bins of yesteryear’s futurists, the editors of this blog uncover past predictions about their future. Some of these futures have already past, some are still to come. Each item serves as a warning about our own hubris in imagining what the future will be like.

This entry was posted on Friday, May 11th, 2007 at 10:27 am and is filed under Futures. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

2 Responses to “Paleo-Future”

  1. Alexander Rose Says:

    Posted on June 28th, 2007 at 1:51 pm

    This is another excellent blog along these lines:
    http://blog.modernmechanix.com/category/before-their-time/page/2/

  2. Retro Boy Says:

    Posted on April 22nd, 2009 at 1:41 am

    I’ve got that book and I loved it as a kid! I so much hoped the year 2000 to be better, brighter and bringing us all up into space!

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