Why does back Back to the Future Matter?
HAMILTON, October 21, 2015: McMaster historian Michael Egan, whose classes include one in the history of the future, is available to discuss why it's always been important to ponder what the future will look like.
"My 'History of the Future' class investigates how past societies imagined their future and asks why we are so historically bad at predicting the future," says Egan, an associate professor of History. "At the same time, the future fascinates us and is one of the most important drivers of modern culture. Science fiction and our growing interest in popular science continue to gain followers. The future also needn't be so grandiose a thing: from checking the weather to making grocery lists, we are always engaging with the future (and our future selves)."
Michael Egan is available directly at egan@mcamster.ca and 905-525-9140, ext. 24134.
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