Rephrasing the New Fade

the New Fade is a moment in time
where things are in constant flux

the New Fade exists to push the limits
of human development, yet for
every step forward there's
an equal and opposite call
for a push in the opposite direction

messengers of the New Fade
are lionized and they are demonized;
they are celebrated and lampooned

according to the Advanced Genius Theory,
that's just the way it is, and maybe it'd
be nice to give these champions
a second look, just so we don't forget

there is fallibility in everything, because
in everything human there is
human fallibility, yet it is only
intellectual fallibility that accepts
great accomplishments must be ignored
by great people who are not always great

the New Fade is not a period that
demands great intellectualism,
but it is a period that only
great intellectualism can comprehend

great things are accomplished
every day, yet most of them
are ignored in the rush to condemn
great thinking as an affront
to populism, which is itself
ill-respected, so that only
minor triumphs can be
recognized in any regular sense

then again, maybe the New Fade
isn't so new, and maybe all this
is how it has always been, and it's
just the rush of technological steps
coming in so many small increments
that confuses the matter

we record more of ourselves
and so we assume we know
so much more

well, maybe our successors
will know better