But What If We're Wrong?: Thinking about the Present as If It Were the Past

by Chuck Klosterman

In other words, we’re starting to behave as if we’ve reached the end of human knowledge. And while that notion is undoubtedly false, the sensation of certitude it generates is paralyzing.

It’s impossible to understand the world of today until today has become tomorrow.

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History is defined by people who don’t really understand what they are defining.

To matter forever, you need to matter to those who don’t care.

The ultimate failure of the United States will probably not derive from the problems we see or the conflicts we wage. It will more likely derive from our uncompromising belief in the things we consider unimpeachable and idealized and beautiful. Because every strength is a weakness, if given enough time.