http://ask.metafilter.com/227234/Seeking-future-shock/ Comments on Ask MetaFilter post Seeking future shock. Mon, 22 Oct 2012 15:30:38 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/227234/Seeking-future-shock Where can I find summaries of historical developments, technological breakthroughs, political and social changes etc. in a similar style as the Afterword in Charles Stross's anthology Toast <a href="http://manybooks.net/titles/strosscother10toast.html">(free download here)</a>? I am interested in stuff that has happened in the last 30 or 40 years. post:ask.metafilter.com,2012:site.227234 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 15:30:38 -0800 fullerenedream history future technology culture politics