“The Past Is More Than a Memory”

John Trudell was a Native American activist, musician, and actor.

John Trudell invites us to view the past as a formative part of the present.

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John Trudell (1946–2015) was a political activist in the North American Indigenous movement, as well as a musician and actor. He participated in the occupation of Alcatraz, joined the American Indian Movement, and served as its chairman from 1973 to 1979 or 1980. After a fire at his father-in-law’s house killed his wife, three children, and mother-in-law, Trudell suspected that the fire had been set by the FBI.

Bernardo Kastrup quote about the past as a mental and intellectual construct

7. July 2022

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"The past is a mental, intellectual construct meant to give context to your present perceptions. There has never been a moment in your entire life in which the past has been anything else; I challenge you to find one." Bernardo Kastrup

Quote image from The Role of the Past in Our Lives by Neil Postman

4. July 2020

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"The past is strapped to our backs. We do not have to see it; we can always feel it. People gather bundles of sticks to build bridges they never cross. People in distress will sometimes prefer a problem that is familiar to a solution that is not." Neil Postman