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This is perhaps the most memorable dialogue in 3001: The Final Odyssey

[…]Indra complained:
“People are always asking me why I’ve devoted my life to such a horrible period of history, and it’s not much of an answer to say that there were even worse ones.”
“Then why are you interested in my century?” [said Poole, referring to the 20th century]
“Because it marks the transition between barbarism and civilization.”

I think that the transition will take a long time, but if I had to choose a specific century to mark it, I’m hoping for the 23rd century…