Philosophy

In the 1980’s, children were over-fed propaganda about a "technological revolution” that didn't exist. We were undereducated, underdeveloped, and ultimately promised the future by people who didn’t understand the present. We do not and have never lived in a technological age. Your consumer-driven society has conceded to a false sense of security about the success of a post-modern world. Free The Future is a movement to identify the fake sounds of progress and reclaim our digital dreams for the creation of a superplanet.

Free The Future believes that the over-expansion of consumer society has created a culture in which the efforts of intellect have been misdirected towards maintaining the status quo. American ingenuity has been placed on the backburner, an aspiration relegated to a previous time. We have stopped striving to realize our dreams and settled into preserving what already exists.

The tech explosion in the early 1980’s, opened our eyes to new possibilities and filled us with a hope for the things that we could achieve. We saw the future, and it looked marvelous. Computers armed us with a new ability to database everything and access that information at a second’s notice. We were programming new media that excited our senses and our minds in ways never experienced before. Advanced forms of communication enhanced the flow of information and we were creating the ultimate interconnected society.

However, the shortcomings of these wonders soon became apparent. The computers we had weren’t fast enough, weren’t powerful enough, couldn’t do enough. After we got used to the flashy images and learned how to manipulate objects on the screen, we realized how much everything sucked. And our new forms of communications were so excruciatingly slow than the old way seemed so much more attractive.

Tomorrow was born, but the living future was oh so far away. We were producing Model-T’s like Henry Ford, until we saw the caveman’s wheel rolling down the mountain. We were exploring like Neil Armstrong, until we realized our name was Magellan. We were not the Jetsons, we were the Flinstones.

During the awkward state of our infancy, a young generation was raised and educated with the idea that they were living through a “technological revolution.” In the 1980’s, children were over-fed propaganda for a future that proved to be a mere mirage. But these children saw and understood, as children always do, much more than they were supposed to.

As they grew up, they watched their older peers enjoy the prosperity of a dot-com boom that they themselves were too young to participate in. When that bubble burst, the industry filtered out its failures and consolidated its successes. Inevitably, big business will rebound, fueled by the talents of new generation with new ideals.

What then happens to the children of the 80’s? Their fate is unclear. These individuals saw the mistakes made during the era of the quasi-future and have developed a popular discontent towards the structural and economic system that left their visions unfulfilled. We believe that this lost age group, which fell between Generation X and Generation Y, are characterized by both a continuing desire to create anew and an unwillingness to accept the “progressive equality” of the Generation Y clones.

This intergenerational group was raised and educated under the constraints of a quasi-futuristic era, but lacked a viable chance to contribute to making that futuristic dream a reality. We believe that they continue to strive for tomorrow, and refuse to accept today. Without ever failing at the future, they have expanded their minds further than all other generations.

We believe that these lost “tweeners” possess substantial reform solutions for a futuristic society and best suited to govern our path. We believe that these individuals have a unique voice and a potential to propel a renaissance in the way we process and exchange information. If given the proper forum, we believe this group will redefine the standards for a future.