If you're on the timeline continuum and face left...

You are staring at 2000 years of gold's reign as money and store of value. 

If you face right...

You stare into the unknown future and possibly wonder if it fits in with the digitalization of our society. 

Will atoms turn into bits when it comes to wealth preservation? 

Only the future generations can answer that as they achieve prosperity in the next 20 years.