We're here only temporarily anyway. Adaptation seems more relevant. There isn't much going on today that hasn't already occurred with Dickens, Johnson, Jonson, Marlow, Chaucer, or Og. Sure, sure, but technology wasn't the same then, you say. Circle to the left, move to the right.
Years go by.
The past is here to stay. It's a difficult time - change is all around us. Today is like yesterday, and tomorrow will be like today.