Posts Tagged ‘history’
History stuff
Much of what you read in history is in summary form. “Washington crosses the Potomac.” “Japan surrenders, ending World War II.” “Elon Musk set to buy Twitter.” But history books don’t have the bandwidth to tell every back story or every detail that led to the headline. I get the same sense when reading a…
Read MoreMovement of God
The history of the world records an interesting phenomenon that I would label “major movements of thoughts and ideas.” It looks like this: “Life becomes rather static until a wave of change or thinking breaks through the status quo.” It seems that every culture and time period has these breakthroughs. A better term, however, is…
Read MoreHistory is Written by Victors
“History is Written by Victors.” The quote gets attributed to Winston Churchill, but nobody knows ‘for sure’ who the original author was. It implies that history is not grounded in facts. Instead, it’s the winners’ interpretation of the facts that prevail. That statement is alarming, but is it true? Clever statements get turned into present-day…
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