We shouldn't cling to past in fear of the unknown future

By John Florez

Published: Saturday, April 14 2012 12:00 a.m. MDT

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John Naisbitt, in his 1982 book, "Megatrends," wrote, "We are living in the time of the parenthesis, the time between eras....We have not quite left behind the either/or America of the past—centralized, industrialized and economically self-contained.... But we have not embraced the future either. We have done the human thing: We are clinging to the known past in fear of the unknown future."

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Esquire

Springville, UT

Great piece. An indictment of modern day conservatism. The swing has just gone too far and not only are we polarized as a nation, but we are also regressing. We need to move forward, people, not move backwards.

8:30 a.m. April 14, 2012
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UtahBlueDevil

Durham, NC

We are falling into the same traps old world fell into. While the US marched forward and took the lead in the global economy by embracing innovation, Europe clung to it's old ways and largely feel behind, focused on preserving old ways. Now More..

12:05 p.m. April 15, 2012
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