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"Russian cosmism generally asserts an active and optimistic perspective on the transformative impact of human reason on cosmic evolution, whereas Lovecraftian c
by hermitcrab 4y ago
"Russian cosmism generally asserts an active and optimistic perspective on the transformative impact of human reason on cosmic evolution, whereas Lovecraftian cosmicism is associated with pessimism and nihilism."
The current situation in Russia seems much closer to Lovecraftian cosmicism.
- marginalia_nu 4y agoDunno if it's all that different now, a lot of the people involved with russian cosmism would have lived during, or seen at least the end of Stalin's reign when they were young.