17 sats \ 1 reply \ @jgbtc 24 Mar \ on: Debate: History is only useful to the extent that it can predict the future history
It can help us understand the present, and help us make choices to avoid past mistakes. Unfortunately this seems to rarely happen.
This is it. It helps to understand things to learn what others have been through, and helps in decisionmaking. (In addition to being helpful in predicting the future).
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