The invention of language was humanity’s conquering of time.

For the first time, we could communicate from one generation to the next and pass down our knowledge. We could teach the mistakes of the past and create a legacy for the future.

Writing turned this conquest into immortality. Words passed down through millennia about people that we still read today.

Photos and video appear to be the next step of this evolution, allowing those in the future to step into the past for moments, or brief periods.

When we speak of time travel, we’ve already learned its secrets.

What people crave is learning about our future in order to act on it today?

The answer is to watch our young people.

They’re our future.

“We cannot always build a future for our youth, but we can always build our youth for the future.”

Franklin Roosevelt

With thanks to Andrew of Impression1 for sending the quote