imo any discussion about the invention of word vectors should include marinetti's use of arithmetic symbols in his poetry (cited here in drucker's _the visible word_)

of all the shitbags of the belle epoque avant-garde, marinetti is the one i most wish was less of a shitbag. i want to believe that the ideas and principles of futurism aren't just destined to lead you to writing poems extolling the virtues of fascist military leaders or whatever

@aparrish I have this same conflict so hard with the futurists, because aside from their ideas about masculine power and brute force being the ne plus ultra of human development, I really like them! Did you see the futurist exhibition at the Whitney five-ish years ago?

@SuzanEraslan i did not see that exhibition but wish i had! i've been surprised lately by how eager people are to paper over the shitbagness of artists from that area but also how easily you can scratch the surface and see the shitbagness displayed before you in its full awfulness :( i am trying to be more conscientious about how i present artists like this to my students because it's important to learn from the past but not worth idolizing these people in any way