Is this history? Is what we are experiencing in this day and age what will be written in the books, to be soaked in by high school students some far-off time? I ask because, you know, "History never looks like history when you are living through it." [John W. Gardner] And it's not just the war I'm talking about — there are technological innovations happening that dizzy the mind: nanotechnology, quantum computing, cloning, genetic engineering: we're lurching forward into some sort of brave new world, it seems. Is there a revolution in our midst? I dunno. I am too caught in living my everyday existence, I think, to properly notice that which will shake the foundations of the world. History never looks like history when you're in it because we're just trying to make it through the day, live our lives — history is a thing far away, and too separated from the livelong day to be considered as actually happening in the present tense. History never happens; history will always be something that happened.
I wonder about the psychology of time; if this is history, I will try to commit to memory these sights and smells, right here, right now. You never know if time will remember this now better than you will, and all you can do in your old age is nod your head, Yes, I was there, too.
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8:26am friday, 28th march
I`ve been thinking kinda that when somthing big happens `round the world or whereever,it is gonna be history,history is beeing made by US,spooky really,well,nice one Stand!
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