X-Message-Number: 28871
From: "Mark Plus" <>
Subject: Postponing "the future" to the 22nd Century
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 21:03:02 -0800

I guess because the 21st Century looks pretty lame so far, futurists have 
started to project all the science-fictional stuff into the 22nd Century.

Case in point: The upcoming PBS show, "22nd Century":

http://www.pbs.org/22ndcentury/

"Many scientists and futurists believe we are on the verge of a 
technological revolution that will look like a page ripped directly from a 
scifi novel.

"22nd Century dives head-first into this brave new world on Wednesday, 
January 17, 2007, at 8 pm."

This despite all the propaganda I've heard since my childhood in the 1960's 
about "future shock" and the wonders of life in the 21st Century. (Maybe 
F.M. Esfandiary should have renamed himself "FM-2130" instead.) Indeed, the 
world in 2007 looks a lot like the world I remember from my teens.

The non science-fictional appearance of early 21st Century life probably 
adds to the perception that cryonics' view of "the future" has increasingly 
diverged from reality.

Mark Plus

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