Unelected And Not Wholesome

In 1966 Time Magazine made some predictions about the future, which contained several important errors.

“How to use leisure meaningfully will be a major problem, and Herman Kahn foresees a pleasure-oriented society full of “wholesome degeneracy.”

“There are some who gloomily expect a society run by a small elected elite, presiding over a mindless multitude kept happy by drugs and circuses, much as in Huxley’s Brave New World”

Essay: THE FUTURISTS: Looking Toward A.D. 2000 – TIME

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October 11, 2023 at 06:18AM

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