Or it won't feel futuristic, according to Douglas Coupland, one of our most visionary novelists (inventor of the great phrase McJob, which today seems more apt than ever). Of the future, he says:
It's simply going to feel weird and out-of-control-ish, the way it does now, because too many things are changing too quickly. The reason the future feels odd is because of its unpredictability. If the future didn't feel weirdly unexpected, then something would be wrong.
In his radical pessimists guide to the next ten years, Coupland has a number of other intriguing thoughts, including the suggestion to move to Liverpool, Shannon, or Vancouver. The weather will still be "freaky," he says, but at least it won't be "broiling hot or cryogenically cold."
He has a point…as this "world revs its heat engine" image from NASA shows.
Kit Stolz 