Yes, I too, while reading this article, could hear the hallowed words of poets and sages of years gone by:

"And ye all know Security is Mortal's chiefest Enemy" - William Shakespeare.

"If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster and treat those two impostors just the same" - Rudyard Kipling

I contend that quite opposite to the writers closing statement, the future is created by those with a healthy respect for the past, not disdain.