{"id":3929,"date":"2021-12-06T07:48:19","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T06:48:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/06\/optimism-is-the-only-way-forward-the-exhibition-that-imagines-our-future\/"},"modified":"2021-12-06T07:48:19","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T06:48:19","slug":"optimism-is-the-only-way-forward-the-exhibition-that-imagines-our-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/06\/optimism-is-the-only-way-forward-the-exhibition-that-imagines-our-future\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Optimism is the only way forward\u2019: the exhibition that imagines our future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At a new exhibition at the reopening of the Smithsonian Arts and Industries Building, technology and designs for a better future are on display<\/p>\n<p>If America has stood for anything, it\u2019s surely forward-looking optimism. In New York, Chicago, Detroit and other shining cities, its soaring skyscrapers pointed to the future. But has the bubble burst in the 21st century?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t see ourselves striding toward a better tomorrow,\u201d columnist Frank Bruni <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/11\/04\/opinion\/american-politics-optimism.html\">wrote in the New York Times<\/a> last month, citing research that found 71% of Americans believe that this country is on the wrong track. \u201cWe see ourselves tiptoeing around catastrophe. That was true even before Covid. That was true even before Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/artanddesign\/2021\/dec\/06\/futures-smithsonian-exhibition-washington-art-design\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/2c71fa3d83b0fdfbeffbd18fa3320bd1156c48cc\/0_394_1900_1140\/master\/1900.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=1519522822628e33dc2ba5d9c69d2ccf\" title=\"\u2018Optimism is the only way forward\u2019: the exhibition that imagines our future\" \/>At a new exhibition at the reopening of the Smithsonian Arts and Industries Building, technology and designs for a better future are on display<br \/>\nIf America has stood for anything, it\u2019s surely forward-looking optimism. In New York, Chicago, Detroit and other shining cities, its soaring skyscrapers pointed to the future. But has the bubble burst in the 21st century?<br \/>\n\u201cWe don\u2019t see ourselves striding toward a better tomorrow,\u201d columnist Frank Bruni wrote in the New York Times last month, citing research that found 71% of Americans believe that this country is on the wrong track. \u201cWe see ourselves tiptoeing around catastrophe. That was true even before Covid. That was true even before Trump.\u201d Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At a new exhibition at the reopening of the Smithsonian Arts and Industries Building, technology and designs for a better future are on display If America has stood for anything, it\u2019s surely forward-looking optimism. In New York, Chicago, Detroit and other shining cities, its soaring skyscrapers pointed to the future. But has the bubble burst &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/06\/optimism-is-the-only-way-forward-the-exhibition-that-imagines-our-future\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u2018Optimism is the only way forward\u2019: the exhibition that imagines our future<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":3930,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3929"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3929\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}