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The Future

By Nick , Montfort

Book information

Publisher
The MIT Press
Year
2017
ISBN
9780262534819, 9780262344746, 1499958234, 9780262344753, 0262344750, 9780262344760, 0262344769
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
407 kB (417272 bytes)
Series
MIT Press essential knowledge series
Pages
(xvi, 169 pages) : illustrations\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
CULTURAL STUDIES/General;HUMANITIES/Literature & CThe;SOCIAL SCIENCE--General;SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gene

Description

Facing the future -- Oracles, prophecy, and divination -- Literary utopias -- Words-in-freedom, art for the future -- World's fairs and exhibiting the future -- The pre-invention of the web -- The computer becomes a book -- Current fictions : design fiction, science fiction -- Conclusion : practices for future-making.;In this book, the author explores the concept of "future-making" and showcases the ways in which the future has been imagined and made, through the works of writers, artists, inventors, and designers.--adapted from preface.

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