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Musings – Cognitive Consquences of Historical Metaphors

Tags:Bactria, Education, Geopolitics, History, Narrative, Possessions For All Time, Strategy

Author’s Note: A few days ago I finished reading Europe in Crisis, 1598-1648, by Geoffrey Parker. Parker is a renowned scholar of 17th century Europe, and for those unfamiliar with the period’s history I can think of no better introduction than this volume. This reading was the impetus for the following post. You can summarize […]

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Musings – How We Ought To Think About History

Tags:History, Narrative, Possessions For All Time, Wealth

I often find myself frustrated with the lack of historical perspective present in contemporary political discourse. History is something pundits have little use for– why bother when one can blame society’s problems on the politicians one wishes driven out of office? This proclivity to see evil only in the machinations of one’s political opponents is […]

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