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I've mostly given up on reading history. Basically, most of our ancestors are not people I would want to meet on a well lit front street.
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Edit: this doesn't mean I want to live in the past or among people with outdated values. I don't. But I like to read how people thought and felt in the past and compare it to how we think and feel now. That is what makes history interesting. Last edited by Sirtel; 10-23-2023 at 11:17 PM. |
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There's plenty of cruelty in other things than battles, of course, just like in our so-called modern times. |
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Everything I read these days is fiction, except for the rare technical manual - like to get a HAM radio license, learn celestial navigation, acquire a new programming language, etc. These non-fiction technical jaunts are rare for me these days. But a decade or two ago, they were ALL that I read. |
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Some of the cruelties from previous centuries have come close to being eradicated in most parts of the world leading me to some small hopes that process will continue. Last edited by DNSB; 10-25-2023 at 12:52 AM. |
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