The end of history will be a very sad time. The struggle for recognition, the willingness to risk one's life for a purely abstract goal, the worldwide ideological struggle that called forth daring, courage, imagination, and idealism, will be replaced by economic calculation, the endless solving of technical problems, environmental concerns, and the satisfaction of sophisticated consumer demands.
"History is not the story of strangers, aliens from another realm; it is the story of us had we been born a little earlier."
Patience and precision are the unsung heroes of scientific progress.