History is on repeat. So is the unmooring effect. But are we listening?
“There is nothing new under the sun.” “What has been will be again,what has been done will be done again;there is nothing new under the sun.”— Ecclesiastes 1:9 These ancient words from Ecclesiastes speak with startling relevance today. In a time when headlines feel chaotic and the world seems to teeter on the edge of division, rage, and fear, it’s tempting to believe we’re facing something entirely new. But we’re not. We’re watching history echo itself, again. The rise of hate speech, political polarization, religious conflict, and the fraying of social trust are not unprecedented. Empires have fallen to the noise of their own factions. Nations have turned on neighbors…
