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245 12 a| A century of tomorrows :b| how imagining the future shapes the present /c| Glenn Adamson.;

264 1 a| New York :b| Bloomsbury Publishing,c| 2024.;

300 a| 336 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :b| illustrations (some color) ;c| 25 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-317) and index.;

520 a| An acclaimed cultural historian takes readers on an intellectual thrill ride through the kaleidoscopic story of futurology, a surprisingly powerful force in the modern world. For millennia, predicting the future was the province of priests and prophets, the realm of astrologers and seers. Then, in the twentieth century, futurologists emerged, claiming that data and design could make planning into a rational certainty. Over time, many of these technologists and trend forecasters amassed power as public intellectuals, even as their predictions proved less than reliable. Now, amid political and ecological crises of our own making, we drown in a cacophony of potential futures-including, possibly, no future at all. A Century of Tomorrows offers an illuminating account of how the world was transformed by the science (or is it?) of futurecasting. Beneath the chaos of competing tomorrows, Adamson reveals a hidden order: six key themes that have structured visions of what's next. Helping him to tell this story are remarkable characters, including self-proclaimed futurologists such as Buckminster Fuller and Stewart Brand, as well as an eclectic array of other visionaries who have influenced our thinking about the world ahead: Octavia Butler and Ursula LeGuin, Shulamith Firestone and Sun Ra, Marcus Garvey and Timothy Leary, and more.;

505 0 a| Introduction -- Heaven and hell -- Machine -- Garden -- Lab -- Party -- Flood -- Conclusion.;

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A century of tomorrows : how imagining the future shapes the present / Glenn Adamson.

Author/creator	Adamson, Glenn author.
Format	Book
Publication	New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024.
Copyright Date	©2024
Description	336 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Subjects	Forecasting--History. Forecasting--Study and teaching. Futurologists--History. Futurism (Literary movement)--History. Future, The. Future, The--History. Futur.

Contents	Introduction -- Heaven and hell -- Machine -- Garden -- Lab -- Party -- Flood -- Conclusion.
Abstract	An acclaimed cultural historian takes readers on an intellectual thrill ride through the kaleidoscopic story of futurology, a surprisingly powerful force in the modern world. For millennia, predicting the future was the province of priests and prophets, the realm of astrologers and seers. Then, in the twentieth century, futurologists emerged, claiming that data and design could make planning into a rational certainty. Over time, many of these technologists and trend forecasters amassed power as public intellectuals, even as their predictions proved less than reliable. Now, amid political and ecological crises of our own making, we drown in a cacophony of potential futures-including, possibly, no future at all. A Century of Tomorrows offers an illuminating account of how the world was transformed by the science (or is it?) of futurecasting. Beneath the chaos of competing tomorrows, Adamson reveals a hidden order: six key themes that have structured visions of what's next. Helping him to tell this story are remarkable characters, including self-proclaimed futurologists such as Buckminster Fuller and Stewart Brand, as well as an eclectic array of other visionaries who have influenced our thinking about the world ahead: Octavia Butler and Ursula LeGuin, Shulamith Firestone and Sun Ra, Marcus Garvey and Timothy Leary, and more.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-317) and index.
ISBN	9781639730230 hardcover
ISBN	1639730230 hardcover

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