2. The utility of
the study of
history is in
the
apprehension
of an idea as
to where we
are now, via
knowledge of
the past.
A relatively
accurate
historical
assessment of
our current place
in space-time
provides us with
further ideas for
consideration in
making good
decisions for
future direction.
3.
4. The term “modernism”
includes of course the arts as
well as information techne—
(i.e., economic, scientific,
and political evolutions).
5. And so, where are we now?
Acritic might suggest that from peak modernism (c. 1950) the
sum of human civilization has proceeded via an elegant
postmodernism unto an unfortunate current state of neo-
primitivism, hypernormalisation, and post-truth.
