Futurist Manifesto Response


I've read the story twice and the message was the same: that we should let go of the past and focus on the future. The way the author uses the terms of “museum” and “archaeology” suggest that those who make history or focus ON history have little place in the long run. The way I see it, there IS no future without the past. 
 
It may not always be a good thing to let the past rule EVERYTHING, but not everyone is like that, and it's not always good to let thoughts of the FUTURE rule you either. What the author is stating falls under the old saying “Out with the old, in with the new”, but I disagree with this view since throwing away the past and the old wouldn't be a good idea since it would mean throwing ages of work and experience out the window.

The list at the end of the story made little sense to me, but from what I was able to draw from it, the author is suggesting living life fast trying to take the past out of the picture along the way to make room for what the narrator believes to be a better and more beautiful world that everyone will celebrate.

Overall, like I said before, this story's message to me is to let go of the past, but the fact is people have gotten very far in life learning from the past and the mistakes and good choices made along the way. You can't just forget them now because to forget them seems both morally wrong and pointless.

 

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