The word "futurism" was born in a car crash. At least, that is the story that poet Filippo Tommaso Marinetti told back in 1909, when he coined the term in an editorial for French newspaper Le Figaro.

But clues can be found in the figure of Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, an Italian poet who, in the early 20th century, founded the Futurist movement and later contributed to the founding of fascism.

The “Dark Enlightenment” movement and Curtis Yarvin have curried favor with tech executives in recent years, writes Ed Simon.