A hazard of good fortunes: America is in the best shape it has ever been. So why all the grousing?

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Technology has improved social conditions over the years, but fewer people are able to appreciate the advances because their perceptions of what life should be like grow faster than the advances. People will find things to complain about despite evidence of good times because it is in their nature to complain.

United States, Psychological aspects, Social aspects, Analysis, Quality of life, Technological innovations, Happiness, Materialism, Social history

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A Finney thing happened on the way from the Lyceum: finally, a sequel to Time and Again

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Finney's popular novel about a man who went back in time is being adapted for the screen by Robert Redford. The sequel, which Finney has just published, propels the same protagonist forward to 1912. Readers are advised to read the first book first.

Biography, Criticism and interpretation, From Time to Time (Book), Time and Again (Book), Finney, Walter Braden

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