That was the future that wasn’t

Employs Charles Handy’s predictions from 1989, from his book ‘The Age of Unreason’. Further emphasizes these predictions with a highlighted panel listing the predictions for clarity. Claims that Handy had an optimistic dream of work shared out and more leisure time for all — his optimism, by the mid‐1980s, was tempered by a different reality. Depicts, also, Handy’s later book — ‘The Empty Raincoat’ — which reflected that his hopes in his ‘Unreason’ book had not been fulfilled but his fears, unfortunately, had. Identifies nine paradoxes at the heart of current society — each a sign of an imperfect world — and puts the meat on the bare bones of each. Urges an acceptance of change and to go with the flow to improve our, and others, future.