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   On Tue, 28 Jan 2025, Ed Cryer wrote:   
      
   > 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   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Sorry, what is the question again?   
   >>>   
   >>> Bide your time, slow coach, until someone with greater intellect reads   
   >>> this group.   
   >>>   
   >>> 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   
      
   Hello Ed and thank you very much for the clarification! =) What would you   
   count as hindering and promoting life?   
      
   Making decisions based on accumulated past experiences has been a   
   successful strategy from an evolutionary point of view.   
      
   On the other hand, if you're the type of person who tends to "live" in the   
   past, at the expense of the present moment and the future, perhaps one   
   could argue that it might be harmful.   
      
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