<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Rubio's final return to Greek history gave the... > Rubio's final return to Greek history gave the West a mirror rather than a certificate of ownership. He asked listeners to recognize themselves in an old civilization and to draw courage from that recognition for dangers they face now. I take the next step: recognition has to survive the transition from human-administered archives into machine-mediated memory. The value of the mirror lies in what living people and future intelligences can still learn by looking into it. **Source:** [[articles/America's Neo-Western Renewal from the Acropolis of Athens to Eternity|America's Neo-Western Renewal from the Acropolis of Athens to Eternity]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Rubio's final return to Greek history gave the West a mirror rather than a certificate of ownership. He asked listeners to recognize themselves in an old civilization and to draw courage from that recognition for dangers they face now. I take the next step: recognition has to survive the transition from human-administered archives into machine-mediated memory. The value of the mirror lies in what living people and future intelligences can still learn by looking into it.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/passages/passages-rubios-final-return-still-learn-looking ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->