Worldbuilding is what we do now, we are considered worldbuilders and although it may just be in the form of creating digital archives and essays, it wasn't such an easy world for past worldbuilders. I am talking about the worldbuilders before us those who have now made it possible for us to feel at home or safe, whether that be through cultural services like the Latinx center, BSU, Asian Pacific Student Association and more or for our sexuality like the LGBTQ+ center or even simpler things such as the wellness center or the Fresh hub. The things that seem little to us are the biggest thing in making others feel at home. Even things such as recently in which worldbuilders created a better world for TAs so that their world could be a bit easier on them. Those are the true worldbuilders that have now allowed us to build our own little worlds without having to worry about much. 

Why do we care enough to look back at the past and try to connect back to the present? well to simply put it, growth. we review primary sources from the past and try to compare them to our current life, but what even is a primary source?

• A primary source is a first-person account of an event. They experienced or recorded history knowingly or unknowingly and can come in the form of an interview, picture, or an item 

• Primary sources are the literal reason why we know a lot of things to be true, they are in-person accounts of events that have happened in the past and whether they be in a picture format or written they are first-person accounts of what happened. Similar to a game of telephone you may get a general idea but sometimes you need the little details that seem unnecessary but can actually show a lot about the history

Besides our constant fascination with the past, there is validity in this weird fascination. Think of it as a progress checkmark in a game. you may fail multiple times, but you always start back on the checkmark and you take all of your past experiences to make sure the past doesn't repeat itself and focus on achieving an "ending". In the context of real life, I am not to sure what our "ending" is but I can only assume it is to better improve our decision in order to survive.

We can see this in the activist's history recorded here at UCI compared to the ones we have learned from Professor Robertson's lectures, fighting for what one belives is right, making a change for a certain oppressed group. Even if in the past there were more extreme measures, it created the basis for activism and teaching others to not stand down. we've learned that words can not always solve issues, but actions say a million.