it's the future that matters not the past theme
Featured is the idea that a preoccupation with the past is bad if it comes at the expense of concern for the future.
Examples
In tz1959e4x10 "No Time Like the Past", we saw a disillusioned scientist in a bleak future try vainly to change the past in various ways. After many failures, he comes to the realization that his fixation with history is wrong, and that he must instead work for the betterment of the future in the world from whence he came.
2 total · 1 choice · 1 major
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| tz1959e4x10 | choice | It seems the point of the story was that it's futile to remonstrate about the past, and that we should seek to improve on the future instead. |
| movie: The Time Machine (2002) | major | In the end, Alexander came to accept that he could not go back in time and save his fiancée Emma, instead resolved reshape the future by destroying the Morlocks, and in so doing give the Eloi hope for a bright future. |