Courteney Cox's new comedy Cougar Town premiered Thursday on ABC at 9:30 pm. She plays Julie, a 40 year old Florida real estate agent and recent divorcee who is interested in dating younger men.

As we look forward to the future, we are hopeful that technology and the overall standard of living will continue to improve. Many films set in the distant or even in the more immediate future paint it as a grim place where our dependence on technology has blinded us to our own humanity.