Future Quotes by Virginia Postrel

9 Future quotes by Virginia Postrel

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Virginia Postrel’s nine observations blend cultural analysis with forward‑thinking ideas, providing a compact, thought‑provoking look at what lies ahead.

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The children who are 'our future' will inherit a world created not just by parental devotion but by the sort of zealous,…

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Fit experts envision a future in which you'd carry your body scan in your cell phone or on a thumb drive, using…

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In 'The Future and Its Enemies,' I argue that individual creativity and enterprise are not only personally satisfying but socially good, producing…

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The intimate contest for self-command never ends, and lifetime happiness requires finding the right balance between present impulses and future well-being.

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The biggest threat to a better life is the desire to keep the future under control - to make the world predictable…

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We know we need bosses and deadlines to help us get work done. But sometimes we can also use an external push…

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If you default on your Visa bill, nobody comes to repossess your refrigerator or auction off your shoes. The biggest penalty you'll…

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Society needs both parents and nonparents, both the work party and the home party. While raising children is the most important work…

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“The future we face at the dawn of the twenty-first century is, like all futures left to themselves, “emergent, complex messiness.” Its…

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The low point for neon came in 1982, when Holiday Inn did away with its signature 'Great Sign,' replacing the neon extravaganza with a…

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'The Matrix' is a movie that is all about glamour. I could do a whole talk on 'The Matrix' and glamour. It was criticized…

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“Design is not style. It’s not about giving shape to the shell and not giving a damn about the guts. Good design is a…

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Persuasion has become a kind of force. The more the advertiser knows about what consumers want, and the more desires the product and packaging…

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When credit is cheaper to use and easier to arrange, people do use more of it.

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Glamour is a beautiful illusion - the word 'glamour' originally meant a literal magic spell - that promises to transcend ordinary life and make…

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When I was in college, I wanted to be editor of 'Reason' when I grew up. It was an impractical ambition, especially since the…

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A lot of consumers actively enjoy advertising, especially fashion print ads and clever TV commercials. The nostalgic cable channel TVLand features not only vintage…

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“Functionality still matters, of course. But competition has pushed quality so high and prices so low that many manufacturers can no longer distinguish themselves…

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Like the skyscraper, the automobile, and the motion-picture palace, neon signs once symbolized popular hopes for a new era of technological achievement and commercial…

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When 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' premiered on the WB Network in 1996, American culture was in trouble. Americans were bowling alone, pursuing individual interests…

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The glamour of air travel - its aspirational meaning in the public imagination - disappeared before its luxury did, dissipating as flying gradually became…

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Behind the criticism of fashion as an artistic medium is a highly ideological prejudice: against markets, against consumers, against the dynamism of Western commercial…

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