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The well known Katznelson-Tzafriri theorem states that a power-bounded operator $T$ on a Banach space $X$ satisfies $\|T^n(I-T)\| \to 0$ as $n \to \infty$ if and only if the spectrum of $T$ touches the complex unit circle nowhere except possibly at the point $\{1\}$. As it turns out, the rate at which $\|T^n(I-T)\|$ goes to zero is largely determined by estimates on the resolvent of $T$ on the unit circle minus $\{1\}$ and not only is this interesting from a purely spectral and operator theoretic perspective, the applications of such quantified decay rates are myriad, ranging from the mean ergodic theorem to so-called alternating projections, from probability theory to continuous-in-time evolution equations. In this talk, we will trace the story of these so-called quantified Katznelson-Tzafriri theorems through previously known results up to the present, ending with a new result proved just a few weeks ago that largely completes the adventure.