Optimism
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Optimism
Chatting with @camwiese today about his New World's Fair (which hopes to paint an optimistic, definite vision of the future), I noticed how these projects so often turn to *retro*futurism in art direction. What would a now-rooted, forward-facing hopepunk aesthetic look like?
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Betting on Unknown Unknowns - by Alexandr Wang Betting on Unknown Unknowns
Alexandr Wangalexw.substack.com
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Metamodernism is thus also more optimistic than modernism as it strives to go beyond its shortcomings, and thus inherently more optimistic than postmodernism, which lacks faith in modernity and its metanarrative of progress.
Alex Fergnani β’ Metamodern Futures: Prescriptions for Metamodern Foresight
"Futurism tells us more about the present than the future"
--@mattwridley nails it
Ben Reinhardttwitter.com