They were so optimisitc about us

Definition/Summary:

Retro

• Refers to new things that display characteristics of the past
• The retrograde of a particular time, stepping back to a previous event

Futurist aka Futurologists

• Scientists and social scientists whose specialty is futurology
• The attempt to systematically explore predictions and possibilities about the future and how they can emerge from the present

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• *Could refer to Golden Age failure or current city collapse remorse