"The more things change, the more they stay the same." Alphonse Karr (18008-90)-also used by
George Bernard Shaw 'The Revolutionist's Handbook' (1903)
The future is now.
If 50, 20, 10, years ago we were told of much of what we are 'capable' of today, we would have laughed, cried, or questioned the credibility of the sources. Today we don't even blink. Why ? Our ability to adapt as a species allows us to accept-perhaps unwillingly, that things have always been 'the way they are now.' The novelty of change can have a short life span. Often because of the 'bigger and better' advantages that are ''just around the corner.' We compensate by living in the future and the past as though our minds...

"The more things change, the more they stay the same." Alphonse Karr (18008-90)-also used by
George Bernard Shaw 'The Revolutionist's Handbook' (1903)
The future is now.
If 50, 20, 10, years ago we were told of much of what we are 'capable' of today, we would have laughed, cried, or questioned the credibility of the sources. Today we don't even blink. Why ? Our ability to adapt as a species allows us to accept-perhaps unwillingly, that things have always been 'the way they are now.' The novelty of change can have a short life span. Often because of the 'bigger and better' advantages that are ''just around the corner.' We compensate by living in the future and the past as though our minds are incapable of dealing with now. This can be a case where primal reflexes which have not evolved overwhelm any logical argument or common sense. Humans are emotional creatures. The emotional reactions still remain relatively primitive, and short sighted- and we love playing follow the leader - we have followed them 'round in circles for thousands of years. How can we recognize the potential change in the character of humanity in the 'future', if we have absolutely no idea how to qualify, apart from in a few general terms our character now.
Where'd that leader go? Just around the corner.