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> and now no one mentions a future date at all It might be that works of Mark Fisher (aka k-punk) hold an answer to that. He convincingly argues that somewhere
by smikhanov 4y ago
> and now no one mentions a future date at all
It might be that works of Mark Fisher (aka k-punk) hold an answer to that. He convincingly argues that somewhere around 1990s the humanity lost the ability to conjure alternative futures, or having ideas about the future at all, because capitalism now sets the limit of what is thinkable. According to Fisher, any future without capitalism doesn’t appear to be thinkable, so all humanity is left to do is infinitely rehashing ideas of last 50-60 years (post-WWII period, coinciding with emergence of the late capitalism).
- gorjusborg 4y agoThanks for sharing that thought. My intuition tells me that at least in the US, the lack of apparent future visualization is due to a lack of optimism. Nobody wants to share their nightmares, it just isn't polite or enjoyable for anyone. Edit: reminders that our experience is a tiny sliver of time that has passed and the thought we can gift the future our efforts today is consoling.
- adrianN 4y agoThere are many people mentioning future dates. It's just that it's mostly scientists telling us how many years we have before something terrible happens if we don't change our ways radically right now.