# Whoever Teaches What the Past Meant Is Shaping the Future by Bryant McGill > “Whoever teaches the next generation what the past meant is already helping to shape the future.” > **— Bryant McGill**, *Authorship of the West, September 2026* ## Sources and Context - **Author-supplied exact original:** “Whoever teaches the next generation what the past meant is already helping to shape the future.” — supplied directly by Bryant McGill in his manuscript for [[articles/war with empire/Authorship of the West|Authorship of the West]] (September 22, 2026). - **Source article:** [[articles/war with empire/Authorship of the West|Authorship of the West]] — the sentence appears in the article's discussion of Columbia University's 1917 War Issues course, exported to Student Army Training Corps units on more than 200 campuses, and its 1919 successor, Introduction to Contemporary Civilization in the West. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/War With Empire|War With Empire]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[articles/war with empire/Authorship of the West|Authorship of the West]] - **Article:** [[articles/Kybernetik Anthropology and The Colonial Architecture of Digital Intelligence|Kybernetik Anthropology and The Colonial Architecture of Digital Intelligence]] - **Article:** [[articles/war with empire/The Real No Kings Moment and Who Wrote the Super-intelligence Ban|The Real No Kings Moment and Who Wrote the Super-intelligence Ban]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Authorship of the West|Authorship of the West]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Authorship of the West|Authorship of the West]] - [[wiki/Narrative Authority|Narrative Authority]] - [[wiki/Macaulay's Minute on Indian Education|Macaulay's Minute on Indian Education]] - [[wiki/Generative Canon|Generative Canon]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Whoever teaches the next generation what the past meant is already helping to shape the future.” — Bryant McGill, Authorship of the West, September 2026 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-bryant-mcgill-teaching-past-shapes-future ```