[tarancato]

Are we future obsessed? I am not.

[veddox]

I think in general, as a society, we are. Although as other posters have pointed out, our "future" has shrunk from trying to predict the next 100 years to predicting the next 10.

[flukus]

I go a step further and say we're still trying to predict the last 10.

[samstave]

Then you're living in the past, man!

[babyrainbow]

Its better to live with a solid grasp and understanding of the past and evaluate things on that basis, than to exist with a short term memory and perpetual fantasy of the future...

But the latter helps to exploit you more...So I guess that is where the big shot entrepreneurs/corporations/governments want you..