History had an arrow. When I was younger, it had an arrow, a direction. It pointed toward inclusion, and social equality, and justice.
Human achievement had an arrow. It pointed toward knowledge, and science, and understanding.
And in the long run, when you back up far enough, I suppose it still does.
But for the life of me it has felt like we lost our way. For the past 30 years, there has been a reactionary force in this country (can we stop calling it "conservative", please?) trying to hold back the floodwaters of change.