This is very reminiscent of a C.S. Lewis quote (I think from The Abolition of Man) about “chronological snobbery.” Of course, I can’t supply the quote. But it had to do with thinking that all cultures that existed before yours were inferior, that everything only gets better, and that, since your civilization was the most recent in history, your way of perceiving the world is inherently more accurate.
This is very reminiscent of a C.S. Lewis quote (I think from The Abolition of Man) about “chronological snobbery.” Of course, I can’t supply the quote. But it had to do with thinking that all cultures that existed before yours were inferior, that everything only gets better, and that, since your civilization was the most recent in history, your way of perceiving the world is inherently more accurate.