A Spanish project for a hug sailing vessel. Note the ship's hull, sails, rudder, oars and globos aerostaticos. The future and the concept of eternity have been major subjects of philosophy, religion, and science, and defining them non-controversially has consistently eluded the greatest of minds. Future studies, or futurology, is the science, art and practice of postulating possible futures. Futurists had passionate loathing of ideas from the past, especially political and artistic traditions. Instead, they espoused a love of speed and technology. |