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> Marinetti imagined a world in which Italians absorbed nutrients through pills, freeing mealtime to become a form of performance art enhanced by technology, pe

> Marinetti imagined a world in which Italians absorbed nutrients through pills, freeing mealtime to become a form of performance art enhanced by technology, perfumes, and music. Marinetti was way ahead of his time, and most probably also out of geographic place. The Silicon Valley of the late 2010s would have been a much better fit.

nl 4y ago
> The Silicon Valley of the late 2010s would have been a much better fit. "Marinetti is best known as the author of the first Futurist Manifesto, which was written and published in 1909, and as a co-author of the Fascist Manifesto, in 1919."[1] Shared without further comment. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filippo_Tommaso_Marinetti https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filippo_Tommaso_Marinetti
Finnucane 4y ago
Yeah, his brand of techno-fascism would fit right in with the tech-bro culture.
- borroka 4y ago
  I find this to be an expression of lazy thinking far more than a contribution to the discussion. On Futurism and Marinetti (and Boccioni, Depero, Sant'Elia) I am probably better informed than others--an interest that began many years ago, in high school, when one of our teachers had us read Marinetti's poem "Zang Tumb Tumb," parole in libertà [words in freedom], and then continued through reading books such as Claudia Salaris's books on Futurism, various biographies of Marinetti (the most popular and entertaining is by Giordano Bruno Guerri, not translated as far as I know) and Boccioni, and visits to museums (some 20 years ago, a number of futurist artifacts, including Boccioni's famous Unique Forms of Continuity in Space, were exhibited in a room of the Tate Gallery in London, accompanied by the music of the Chemical Brothers. It was a formidable experience). And to me, the techno-fascim of the Futurists has nothing to do with the tech-bro culture. The first group dealt with machines, the second with software (of course, there was no software then, but machines and Futurism were inseparable entities); the first group showed up in theaters and gave "futurist slaps" to the audience, I don't see any of the tech-bros slapping anyone (and it's much better that way); the Futurists went to war and died in battle, the tech-bros drink kombucha.
  - paganel 4y ago
    > the Futurists went to war and died in battle, the tech-bros drink kombucha. They won't go to battle because the fear of death is way too strong among them (also see the life extension industry also present in SV), but the recent re-connect between SV and the US military complex (which is by definition part of the war business) is way too real.
  - Finnucane 4y ago
    I don't think it much matters if they're trying to impose fascism by hardware or software. They're still just assholes who want to control you.
epolanski 4y ago
He would've been a multi billion CEO making no money but raising infinite VC funds.

nl 4y ago

> The Silicon Valley of the late 2010s would have been a much better fit. "Marinetti is best known as the author of the first Futurist Manifesto, which was written and published in 1909, and as a co-author of the Fascist Manifesto, in 1919."[1] Shared without further comment. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filippo_Tommaso_Marinetti https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filippo_Tommaso_Marinetti

Finnucane 4y ago

Yeah, his brand of techno-fascism would fit right in with the tech-bro culture.

borroka 4y ago
I find this to be an expression of lazy thinking far more than a contribution to the discussion. On Futurism and Marinetti (and Boccioni, Depero, Sant'Elia) I am probably better informed than others--an interest that began many years ago, in high school, when one of our teachers had us read Marinetti's poem "Zang Tumb Tumb," parole in libertà [words in freedom], and then continued through reading books such as Claudia Salaris's books on Futurism, various biographies of Marinetti (the most popular and entertaining is by Giordano Bruno Guerri, not translated as far as I know) and Boccioni, and visits to museums (some 20 years ago, a number of futurist artifacts, including Boccioni's famous Unique Forms of Continuity in Space, were exhibited in a room of the Tate Gallery in London, accompanied by the music of the Chemical Brothers. It was a formidable experience). And to me, the techno-fascim of the Futurists has nothing to do with the tech-bro culture. The first group dealt with machines, the second with software (of course, there was no software then, but machines and Futurism were inseparable entities); the first group showed up in theaters and gave "futurist slaps" to the audience, I don't see any of the tech-bros slapping anyone (and it's much better that way); the Futurists went to war and died in battle, the tech-bros drink kombucha.
- paganel 4y ago
  > the Futurists went to war and died in battle, the tech-bros drink kombucha. They won't go to battle because the fear of death is way too strong among them (also see the life extension industry also present in SV), but the recent re-connect between SV and the US military complex (which is by definition part of the war business) is way too real.
- Finnucane 4y ago
  I don't think it much matters if they're trying to impose fascism by hardware or software. They're still just assholes who want to control you.

epolanski 4y ago

He would've been a multi billion CEO making no money but raising infinite VC funds.