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We live in an era with no historical precedents. History is no longer useful as a tool in helping us understand current changes.

One thing I've learned over these last 30 or 40 years is that people make history. There's no fait accompli to any of this.

You can't say history teaches us this or that; it gives us more questions than answers, and many answers to every question.

It seems like people don't learn from the past.

The lessons of the past should steer us towards ensuring lasting legacies for generations yet to be born.

History provides a sense of where we've been and lessons that can be taken forward.

There is an opportunity for us to renew ourselves. There's an opportunity for us to leave the past behind and present something different for the future.

I think the history and the past we have is just an energy we've built up to do what we do now.

Over the past few years, many of us have increasingly begun to question the direction and meaning of our society as it has developed over the past several centuries.

It is only education and understanding of the past that teaches us not to repeat history.