Let me try and explain what I mean. We live in a world that is constantly changing with technology. But what about people from the middle ages? In the absence of ever evolving technology, did they view their world as static and unchanging? Did any scholars or philosophers share their thoughts on what they believed what the future would hold in say a thousand years from their time? Did people from that time see progress from past civilisations intill their current time and ponder what the future would be like.

NB: apologies if this question is not well suited for this sub.