“To bodily go where no one has gone before” is what Gene Rodenberry thought human progress was all about. I have been watching Star Trek for almost 15 years now and the way Gene Rodenberry portrayed human progress has made me wish that I was immortal, just so I could see what is to come.
When I look at the picture of Tange Kenzo's Metropolitan Government Offices in West Shinjuku, Japan all I see is the future. The tall unique building does not look like something from this time. It could be because I am from the US where we still think conservatively, simply, and cheap or it could be because we, as a human race, are showing some progress. So I believe that we should move more towards a Star Trek kind of life. This sounds kind of nerdy and unrealistic, but a lot of Gene Rodenberry’s ideas where very reasonable and realistic.
If there wasn’t any human progress I would not be able to get to work, which is fifteen miles away, in ten minutes. Or I would not be able to turn......
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