Ask HN: Were we ever future-obsessed as we are now?

Re:Ask HN: Were we ever future-obsessed as we are now? by tarancato on Friday October 07, 2016 @06:11PM (#12664303)

Are we future obsessed? I am not.

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Re:Ask HN: Were we ever future-obsessed as we are now? by veddox on Monday October 10, 2016 @06:13PM (#12680161)

I think in general, as a society, we are. Although as other posters have pointed out, our "future" has shrunk from trying to predict the next 100 years to predicting the next 10.

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Re:Ask HN: Were we ever future-obsessed as we are now? by flukus on Monday October 10, 2016 @07:04PM (#12680459)

I go a step further and say we're still trying to predict the last 10.

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Re:Ask HN: Were we ever future-obsessed as we are now? by samstave on Friday October 07, 2016 @06:34PM (#12664445)

Then you're living in the past, man!

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Re:Ask HN: Were we ever future-obsessed as we are now? by babyrainbow on Friday October 07, 2016 @10:18PM (#12665320)

Its better to live with a solid grasp and understanding of the past and evaluate things on that basis, than to exist with a short term memory and perpetual fantasy of the future...

But the latter helps to exploit you more...So I guess that is where the big shot entrepreneurs/corporations/governments want you..

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Re:Ask HN: Were we ever future-obsessed as we are now? by veddox on Monday October 10, 2016 @06:14PM (#12680165)

I would rather know the past to understand the present than hypothesize the future.

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Re:Ask HN: Were we ever future-obsessed as we are now? by samstave on Friday October 07, 2016 @11:33PM (#12665539)

Too literal... Relax

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Re:Ask HN: Were we ever future-obsessed as we are now? by babyrainbow on Saturday October 08, 2016 @04:29AM (#12666166)

No! [1] I am mad as hell and I am not going to take this anymore!

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwMVMbmQBug

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