“In retrospect, the Millennium marked only a moment in time. It was the events of September 11 that marked a turning point in history, where we confront the dangers of the future and assess the choices facing humankind.”

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This note reads as a shift away from symbolic dates and toward lived history. It suggests that the larger turning point was not the calendar milestone itself, but the shock of later events that forced a rethinking of security, responsibility, and the future. It lands in discussions of public memory, where a neat era label is overtaken by something far more sobering.

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Originally said in English.

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