Modernity and hypermodernity

Cribbing from and modifying what Wikipedia says:

Modernity, a topic in the humanities and social sciences, is both a historical period (the modern era) and the ensemble of particular socio-cultural norms, attitudes and practices that arose in the wake of the Renaissance — in the “Age of Reason” of 17th-century thought and the 18th-century “Enlightenment.” Some commentators consider the era of modernity to have ended at some point during the 20th century, in which case the following era is called postmodernity.

Good: From the fog of religious faith to knowledge via science. Confidence in human reason to discern and explain; in technological capability to control (even master) nature. Valuation of equality, democracy, republicanism, rights … instead of inherent social divisions, divine rights, etc.

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The idea of “hypermodernity” is that we’ve gone too far.

Bad: Too far in regard to growth, scale, hubris, control, domestication, faith in instrumental reason.