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		the_panopticon on Aug 28, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I Hate the Term "Modern" "Universal" is also a term that doesn't typically engender happiness in technologists.

detourdog on Aug 28, 2024 [–]

Universal has been part of the definition of modernism. One can always critique a modern effort on the scale of universality.

Modernism grew out of post world war 1 optimism for a universal humanity.

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