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The future is not what it used to be.
Arthur Somers Roche
About This Quote
A wry, aphoristic observation often used to comment on how expectations about what lies ahead change as circumstances, technology, or society shift.
Interpretation
It suggests that our idea of the future is shaped by the present; when the world changes, earlier predictions and assumptions stop fitting, making the “future” feel different than what people once imagined.
Variations
The future ain't what it used to be.
Misattributions
- Yogi Berra
- Paul Valéry
