PICARD: She was unique.
DATA: She brought me closer to humanity than I could have thought possible. And for a time I was tempted by her offer.
PICARD: How long a time?
DATA: Zero point six eight seconds, sir. For an android ...that is nearly an eternity.

#StarTrek #FirstContactDay

I like how this movie talks about the rewriting of history to better fit our interests

The Borg go back in time to change Earth because that works towards their assimilation goal

Humans rewrote Zefram’s deeply flawed character into this heroic perfect figure because humanity cannot deal with a total asshole creating the technology that changed the course of history

Zefram changed himself after First Contact because that persona of his didn’t work for himself anymore

#firstcontactday