Recent Examples on the Web

Hartog is quick to point out that this idea of presentism doesn’t explain all of modern life’s conundrums. Bernhard Warner, Fortune, "It’s not your imagination—the pandemic has thoroughly upended our relationship to time," 12 July 2020

With presentism, there are the victors, and the vanquished. Bernhard Warner, Fortune, "It’s not your imagination—the pandemic has thoroughly upended our relationship to time," 12 July 2020

Every critic today should beware of presentism: judging people from 50, 150, or 500 years ago based on 2017’s fragile sensitivities. Deroy Murdock, National Review, "Monuments to Racist Democrats Should Enrage Leftist Mobs," 30 Aug. 2017

Of all the prejudices of pundits, presentism is the strongest. Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, "Are Liberals on the Wrong Side of History?," 20 Mar. 2017

Okay, so besides narrative collapse, what are the other struggles of presentism? R.u. Sirius, WIRED, "Living in the Present Is a Disorder," 8 Apr. 2013

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