Something essential is here.
Political theorists understand something of the danger of 'futurity,' the sense that time's passing means progress which is new-ish in human experience. But I think even we don't think enough abt how corrosive the future *business* is...
https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2025/02/27/the-prophet-business-century-of-tomorrows-adamson/
Political theorists understand something of the danger of 'futurity,' the sense that time's passing means progress which is new-ish in human experience. But I think even we don't think enough abt how corrosive the future *business* is...
https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2025/02/27/the-prophet-business-century-of-tomorrows-adamson/
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Think Nate Silver. But also think abt how much of our lives are ruled by future guessing in markets, etc.
And I think not just of Silicon Valley's heedless "creative disruption" but even more of the Trump voter who isn't thinking abt why but feels sure we need 'somebody to shake things up.' All this is an itch...