Futurism requires the development of a) technology (which can see more), and b) improved methodology used to assess the increased and improved data-stream. During the 1850-1860s, British scientists possessed around “six” dinosaur fossils recreated in concrete to be display in the Hyde Park Crystal Palace Exhibition of 1851 (infact, these concrete models were moved to a different part of London soon after – and are still viewable in Sydenham Hill in South London – an area now known as “Crystal Palace”). The point is that no one at the time understood what these creatures were – or that they lived millions of years a part in time. Humanity had discovered these remains – but lacked the knowledge and understanding to contextualise their existence. Today, human understanding has progressed incredibly and the knowledge-base is incomparable. Futurism stresses that our understanding in the present moment is deficiient and incompleye – and that we must strive to always improve our understanding.
