Today in one of my lectures, one of my professors, Paul Carson, asked us a very intriguing question. He asked us to draw a timeline starting at zero. He asked us to put 0, 1000, 2000, and 2011. on the timeline.
Once this was completed, he asked us, "If you were to draw yourself as a stick figure, which way would you be facing?"
As simple as this question is, take a step back and think about it for a minute. Most of you probably said that you would make yourself facing forward, or generally, to the right. However, our professor pointed out to use that the Greeks would make themselves facing backwards, because their philosophy was that they backed into the future. The Greeks said you could not see the future, therefor you should not be able to walk straight into it. As modern humans however, we see it as we are moving forward, and progressing into the future. It is not a very controversial topic, it is more food for thought.
Think about it.
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