According to a 2023 Wall Street Journal-NORC Poll, 78 percent of Americans doubt that their children’s generation will be better off than their own. Their reasons vary—from anxiety about inflation to doubts about the long-term value of a college degree—but they suggest a sizable chunk of the population is ambivalent at best about what the future holds.
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‘A Brief History of the Future’ bets technology can turn around our cultural malaise.

Ari Wallach in 'A Brief History of the Future.' (Photo: Courtesy of PBS)
Ari Wallach in 'A Brief History of the Future.' (Photo: Courtesy of PBS)



