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31 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 15 December 2007 06:44PM

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Comment author: Aaron_Brown 16 December 2007 06:59:35AM 1 point [-]

I once read an argument (can't find source) that a key component of a zeitgeist is whether it locates its ideals in its future or its past.

David Brin has written about this in his discussions of Star Wars (here and here) and Lord of the Rings.