A closer look
Do you remember when video calls felt like magic, beamed straight out of science fiction panels? Now they’re background noise to dinner prep. This is the curious trick of progress: the extraordinary, once an astonishment, slips into routine before we’ve caught our breath. Each marvel—whether talking glasses or cars without drivers—spends little time shocking us before settling into humdrum necessity. The most dizzying part of the future isn’t invention, but how quickly we lower our eyebrows, sip coffee, and accept that what felt alien yesterday is now an everyday shrug.
