Futurism and Traditionalism
In looking to the future, do we also need to look to the past?
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NOTE: On this 44th anniversary of the first Space Shuttle launch, we take a moment to consider the future. This essay by the ever-brilliant Peter Hague addresses some of the deeper issues we should consider as we race toward that future…and as we contemplate how that future was needlessly stolen from us for half a century. — RDM
by Peter Hague
April 12, 2025
The problem with talking to people about the future is that most of them don’t really, deep down, believe it exists. If Thursday is more or less the same as Wednesday, if the routine of one week blurs into the next, it is easy to simply live in an ever recurring present. I have a very busy work and family life, and I can empathise - there is always plenty to think about and do right now, without considering what the world will be like decades or even cen…