While looking to the past for inspiration that can be applicable in the present is hardly a new idea, it has become more pronounced lately, and observations suggest that today people are looking to the past for answers, for ways to act and for solutions.
Current economic and social uncertainty, brought on by the devastating effects of climate change, the mental disturbances that resulted from a lengthy experience with COVID-19 and dealing with the changes we characterized as Uncharted Territory, have unnerved many people to the point where they are searching for stability. The most important reason for the remembrance of things past is to locate stability in one’s life or business and to have some feeling of certainty about the self.