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 ===== Walking Backwards Into The Future ===== ===== Walking Backwards Into The Future =====
  
-<blockquote> +<blockquote>We look at the present through a rear view mirror; we walk backwards into the future 
-We look at the present through a rear view mirror; we walk backwards into the future +<cite>Marshall McLuhan</cite></blockquote>
-Marshall McLuhan +
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 Walking backwards into the future is an aptitude that values remembering and understanding our past in order to better prepare for tomorrow. While McLuhan encapsulates this aptitude in a characteristically pithy and memorable aphorism, it draws on a view of time shared by many cultures worldwide including the Maori and ancient Greeks. The core disposition of this aptitude is the observation and acknowledgement of what and whom came before us (our roots and ancestors), and acceptance that the future is ultimately unknowable. A clear view of the past can encourage us to keep walking into the future, supported by rather than weighted down by our histories. Walking backwards into the future is an aptitude that values remembering and understanding our past in order to better prepare for tomorrow. While McLuhan encapsulates this aptitude in a characteristically pithy and memorable aphorism, it draws on a view of time shared by many cultures worldwide including the Maori and ancient Greeks. The core disposition of this aptitude is the observation and acknowledgement of what and whom came before us (our roots and ancestors), and acceptance that the future is ultimately unknowable. A clear view of the past can encourage us to keep walking into the future, supported by rather than weighted down by our histories.
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