The article portrays Anglo-Futurism's vision of communities as intentional, vibrant places where technology, culture, and purpose intersect to create sustainable, meaningful, and resilient local societies.
I don't get how you're going to (theoretically) square the circle of having both a very powerful techno nation state, and strong local communities. Localism means local character, local ideas, local control -- it has to mean something real to be local. How does that work with giant projects like spaceflight? If you're going to get a whole society on board with something huge like that, you need to influence/compel/crush a lot of people into doing it, who might not really want to. Both these ideas have their merits. I don't see how you're getting both.
These articles on AngloFuturism are for me to have a discussion with myself in front of lots of people. I’m still working it all through.
I agree there is a sense of squaring the circle, but I wonder if we could achieve this by putting humanity back at the heart of the technological society. This is a gargantuan task, but I believe it is possible.
I don't get how you're going to (theoretically) square the circle of having both a very powerful techno nation state, and strong local communities. Localism means local character, local ideas, local control -- it has to mean something real to be local. How does that work with giant projects like spaceflight? If you're going to get a whole society on board with something huge like that, you need to influence/compel/crush a lot of people into doing it, who might not really want to. Both these ideas have their merits. I don't see how you're getting both.
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These articles on AngloFuturism are for me to have a discussion with myself in front of lots of people. I’m still working it all through.
I agree there is a sense of squaring the circle, but I wonder if we could achieve this by putting humanity back at the heart of the technological society. This is a gargantuan task, but I believe it is possible.
Thought provoking and well written.
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