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ENGL 099
Pre-writing, 10 min.
If someone from the 1776 were suddenly magically transported to the year 2021, what do you think he or she would find most shocking? What technology would seem like wizardry? What about our culture would seem most strange? What would they like? What would they hate?
What does “paleofuture” mean?
What does “paleofuture” mean?
PALEO =
What does “paleofuture” mean?
PALEO = older or ancient
What does “paleofuture” mean?
PALEO = older or ancient
So what does “ancient-future” mean?
What does “paleofuture” mean?
Paleofuture is the way that people in the past imagined the
future would look.
So how did people in the past think the 21st century would look?
Take a look at the following pictures from the past. Each one imagines what the future would be like.
Ask yourself, what is the vision of the future that each picture is illustrating? What do you notice about each picture?
Now ask yourself, what did they get right about their predictions for the future? What did they get wrong?
What do the pictures have in common?
Do you think it’s easy or hard to predict the future? Why?
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1963
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1968
1962
1993
1963
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1950
1939
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1994
1978
Just a few to go!
The rest of the slides are all from the World Fair held in Paris France in the year 1900.
The theme of the World’s Fair was “In the Year 2000.”
As souvenirs, people attending the fair could collect these cards with illustrations that predict the future world of the year 2000.
Once again, notice what they got right or wrong and what the illustrations all have in common.
1900
Last thoughts?
What does paleofuture mean again?
Put yourself in the place of the people making these predictions. What do you think the world will be like in 100 years?
In the year 2121, what will be different?
