The world of tomorrow: When the future arrived, it felt… ordinary. What happened to the glamour of tomorrow? via Works in Progress [Shared]

The world of tomorrow: When the future arrived, it felt… ordinary. What happened to the glamour of tomorrow? via Works in Progress

Progress used to be glamorous. For the first two thirds of the twentieth-century, the terms modern, future, and world of tomorrow shimmered with promise.\

Glamour is more than a synonym for fashion or celebrity, although these things can certainly be glamorous. So can a holiday resort, a city, or a career. The military can be glamorous, as can technology, science, or the religious life. It all depends on the audience. Glamour is a form of communication that, like humor, we recognize by its characteristic effect. Something is glamorous when it inspires a sense of projection and longing: if only 

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