From: ed@somewhere.in.the.uk   
      
   D wrote:   
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   > On Mon, 27 Jan 2025, Ed Cryer wrote:   
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   >> D wrote:   
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   >>> On Mon, 27 Jan 2025, Ed Cryer wrote:   
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   >>>>   
   >>>> I meet a lot of people who say" Ah, the past is past. It's no more   
   >>>> than a hindrance to all we want to do. Let it go."   
   >>>> I always say "No". Hold on to it; it's your best guide".   
   >>>> Take the Soviet Union; dedicated to reforming human nature, from   
   >>>> selfishness to social togetherness. And what happened when it   
   >>>> collapsed? Oligarchs and capitalist nest-builders swamped the nation.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Those who know nothing of history are condemned to repeat it. That   
   >>>> sounds very Jean Paul Sartre, but in fact is was George Santayana'   
   >>>> best maxim.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> New humans sprout from seeds unaffected by a knowledge of history.   
   >>>> They have other concerns; how to thrive and flourish in this world   
   >>>> of downtrodden-ideals. And that doesn't include any knowledge of   
   >>>> previous rises and falls. They fashion their upward-momentum with   
   >>>> scant knowledge of human history.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> What pays dividends is the goal. First knock out the opposition,   
   >>>> then bellow loudly.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I'd appreciate the opinions of other people who've given time and   
   >>>> grey matter to this question.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Ed   
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   >>> Sorry, what is the question again?   
   >>   
   >> Bide your time, slow coach, until someone with greater intellect reads   
   >> this group.   
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   >> Ed   
   >   
   > Or until someone who is better at writing down his thoughts in a clear,   
   > succinct way and to use question marks enter the conversations. Your   
   > phrasing tempts me to dismiss it as nonsense, although at first I was   
   > trying to engage.   
      
   After rereading it, I can see your point. It is very garbled. Accept my   
   humble apologies. I won't do it again.   
      
   I was trying to dress up a simple question.   
   Does too much knowledge of the past hinder or promote life?   
      
   Ed   
      
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