Loss of real futurism leaves no specific discontent about the present.

Evidence

I think that they still feel a need for futurism, but it’s in terms of a spectral, virtual presence of the former sense of it. I think that this leads to the fact that there’s no specific discontent about the present. But when you produce something and you have the feeling that everything’s already been done… it’s sad, you know? — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 2314

Categorization

• XREF: Relates to the reader’s runs of thought on hauntology and the ‘slow cancellation of the future’ in Fisher’s corpus, and on eras that can no longer imagine their own future. — connects to: The future is a lack the For-itself must be, not a not-yet now — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 450; Postmodern fragmentation prevents picturing a radically different future at all — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity: An…, 364; The modern self experiences suffering without naming a specific cause. — Alain Ehrenberg, The Weariness of the Self: Diagnosing…, 174

Broader Connections

• Postmodern fragmentation prevents picturing a radically different future at all #expands (0.85) — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity, 364
• The modern self experiences suffering without naming a specific cause. #expands (0.80) — Alain Ehrenberg, The Weariness of the Self, 174
• The future is a lack the For-itself must be, not a not-yet now #complicates (0.76) — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 450