Mitchell_Porter comments on Open Thread, June 16-30, 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Mitchell_Porter 27 June 2012 12:16:13PM 4 points [-]

the merging of "rationalism" and... orientation towards the future was certainly invented in the 1990s

Russian communism was a type of rationalist futurism: down with religion, plan the economy...

Comment author: Multiheaded 27 June 2012 12:24:06PM 0 points [-]

Hmm, yeah. I was thinking about the U.S. specifically, here.