Future's Past

Forward-facing future wastes no time re-evaluating.  Eventually, it will.  Every time.

Looking back is not only necessary, but inevitable.  In time, if the future doesn't learn from its past, it's doomed to circle back and repeat it.  No exceptions.

Going back, examining past mistakes, is the only way to avoid them.  Learning anything new requires knowing the past.  Only then can it be possible to avoid being forced to learn the same lessons over and over.  Wasting away, pretending to make progress, while actually revolving around the same set of nonsense issues, expends precious energy, yet teaches nothing.