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But what if we're wrong? thinking about the present as if it were the past

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Klosterman "visualizes the contemporary world as it will appear to those who'll perceive it as the distant past, [asking] questions that are profound in their simplicity: How certain are we about our understanding of gravity? How certain are we about our understanding of time? What will be the defin...

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Main Author: Klosterman, Chuck, 1972- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Blue Rider Press, [2016]
Subjects:
Forecasting.
Social prediction.
Certainty.
Perspective (Philosophy)
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Summary:Klosterman "visualizes the contemporary world as it will appear to those who'll perceive it as the distant past, [asking] questions that are profound in their simplicity: How certain are we about our understanding of gravity? How certain are we about our understanding of time? What will be the defining memory of rock music, five hundred years from today? How seriously should we view the content of our dreams? How seriously should we view the content of television? Are all sports destined for extinction?"--Amazon.com.
Item Description:Includes index.
Physical Description:272 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:0399184120
9780399184123
Author Notes:Chuck Klosterman, currently a music, film, & culture critic for Ohio's "Akron Beacon Journal", began his career with "The Forum" in Fargo, North Dakota. He lives in Akron, Ohio, where he once consumed nothing but McDonald's Chicken McNuggets for seven straight days.

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