Every vision of the future is a better index of the present from which it came than whatever time it imagines. So today, let's look back at some of the things we believed would serve as landmarks of the future. Not to point out how quaint they are or to dunk on the blind spots of the past. But so that we can better understand why — no matter what shiny new objects we make and use — we never quite feel like we've gotten to the future. Why it's so difficult to recognize how far we've come…

Show Notes

The Dymaxion House
Le Corbusier
Lewis Mumford
Lewis Mumford on The City
Robert Heinlein did get a futurist house eventually. He just had to design it himself.
The Entire History of You

Music

All music used in this episode is independently produced and licensed by Design Tomorrow for non-commercial use.

Spirals, by r beny
Fall Creek Unit, by r beny
Live 182801, by r beny
Pines, by r beny
Crystals & Graves, by r beny
Volca Keys Arp Jam, by r beny

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