Paleofuture.com

Paleofuture
URL http://www.paleofuture.com
Type of site Blog
Available language(s) English
Owner Matt Novak
Created by Matt Novak
Current status Active

Paleofuture (also Paleo-Future) is a blog that documents historical ideas, visions, and predictions about the future.[1][2][3][4][5] The blog and its owner Matt Novak have become an authority on the subject[6] and have been cited in many other publications.[3][4][5][7][8] Paleofuture organizes its material by decade starting at 1880.[5] The blog was formerly found at paleo-future.blogspot.com.[1][3][4][5] Some terms that have been used in relation to this blog are paleo-futurism,[7] and retro futurism.[8]

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References

  1. ^ a b Bairstow, Jeffrey (2007-12-01). "Back to the future, again". Laser Focus World (PennWell Publishing Corp). http://www.laserfocusworld.com/display_article/314442/12/none/none/colum/Back-to-the-future,-again. Retrieved 2009-03-04. "I came across a truly remarkable blog, paleo-future.blogspot.com, compiled by 24-year-old Mark Novak, of Minneapolis. This is an absolutely fascinating collection of articles, books, postcards, film clips, photos, videos, and other ephemera about predictions for the future" 
  2. ^ Kendall, Nigel (2008-05-26). "The web watcher: paleofuture.com; videogamer.com; www.log.tv; US Life on Mars". TimesOnline. Times Newspapers. http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article3993541.ece. Retrieved 2009-03-04. "At www.paleofuture.com a small team of dedicated geniuses picks through mankind's dreams for the future, decade by decade, right back to lithographs of the flying men of the future from the 1890s." 
  3. ^ a b c "A Look At The Year 2000… From 1900". Utne Reader. Ogden Publications. 2007-12-11. http://www.utne.com/2007-12-11/Science-Technology/A-Look-At-The-Year-2000-From-1900.aspx. Retrieved 2009-03-04. "Proof of the past’s broken promises can be found at Paleo-Future, a blog devoted to antiquated visions of what today could have looked like" 
  4. ^ a b c Soupcoff, Marni (2007-10-10). "Click Here". National Post. National Post Company. http://www.nationalpost.com/scripts/story.html?id=a82f7154-6b4f-42a4-9e66-86c388513d2f&k=73124. Retrieved 2009-03-04. "At the Paleo-Future Web site, you will find a large catalogue of such past predictions, ranging from an 1882 lithograph depicting people going to the opera, pictured below, in the year 2000 (yes, they're travelling in flying cars) and a 1986 news report about how robots would soon be taking over most aspects of retail shopping" 
  5. ^ a b c d Gomes, Lee (2007-10-08). "TV ads tell us computers no longer pals". Rocky Mountain News. http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2007/oct/08/tv-ads-tell-us-computers-no-longer-pals/?printer=1/. Retrieved 2009-03-04. "The best place to look at these videos is at PaleoFuture (paleo-future.blogspot.com), which allows an amazing look back at visions of the future, starting in the 1880s" 
  6. ^ "WHAT THE FUTURE DIDN'T BRING ROBOT SERVANTS, FLIGHT ON A WHIM, MEALS IN PILLS -- THEIR FATE IS HISTORY TO A ST. PAUL BLOGGER". St. Paul Pioneer Press. 2008-05-05. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PD&s_site=twincities&p_multi=SP&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=120854A8F3053FB0&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved 2009-03-04. "Matt Novak has seen a vision of the future. A lot of visions. That's because in the past year or so, the 24-year-old St. Paul resident has turned himself into a sort of accidental expert on the paleo-future: depictions of the future from the past. He collects and comments on yesterday's predictions of tomorrow on his blog, www.paleofuture.com, which has become a sort of online museum of a promised world of jet packs, meals in a pill and sex with robots" 
  7. ^ a b "Postmodern paleo-futurism". Boston Globe. New York Times Company. 2007-03-29. http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/brainiac/2007/03/postmodern_pale.html. Retrieved 2009-03-04. "Over at the excellent blog Paleo-Future today, Matt asks: "When did a certain level of self-awareness about futurism outweigh the sincere, optimistic brand of futurism?"" 
  8. ^ a b Newitz, Annalee (2007-10-15). "Retro Futurism: New York City Aerial Walkways That Could Have Been". io9. Gawker Media. http://io9.com/311165/new-york-city-aerial-walkways-that-could-have-been. Retrieved 2009-03-04. "Matt at Paleo-Future points out that Leigh's paintings are currently on display at New York's Skyscraper Museum" 

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