When I was little, I would watch Star Trek and other science fiction movies and TV shows, and imagine what the future would be like.
I thought it would be awesome — it was the future, after all. Everyone would be driving a flying car; every wall would have an intercom and video phone in it; the buildings would look like something out of The Jetson’s.
But then, the future started to arrive. It didn’t feel much different, and I hardly realized what was happening until much later. Time ticked on, years went by, and new inventions came, but nothing really changed. We got smartphones, faster computers, drones — but cars still drove on the ground, buildings looked the same as ever, and nobody went around installing shiny new touchscreen intercom panels in every wall. Why would they? Everyone had a smartphone!
As a child, I always thought the future would replace the past. But in the end, the past didn’t go anywhere. The future just got grafted on top.
Chasing Monotony 