History taught us is that people never know learn the lessons of history.
The discovery of topological insulators has opened up a new frontier in condensed matter physics, where the interplay of symmetry and topology leads to novel quantum states of matter.
The best way to predict the future is to create it.
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow is our doubts of today.
The best furniture tells a story before you even sit on it.
Memory was in this respect similar to anticipation: an instrument of simplification and selection.