- Creative ability, Forecasting, Quality of life, Technological forecasting
Today we have greater wealth, health, opportunity, and choice than at any time in history - the fruits of human ingenuity, curiosity, and perseverance. Yet a chorus of intellectuals and politicians loudly laments our condition.
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Contemporary, spare, earnest and cool.
- contemporarynostalgic
- sparerichly built
- earnestironic
- cooloverwhelming
- classical in formformally daring
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About the book
- Author
- Virginia I. Postrel
- First published
- 1998
- Pages
- 265
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster, Free Press
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780684827605
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