Do you think HISTORY has any value?

I don't know sweetie. We are 2 hotheaded cultures and not one of us will budge. Whose history will be valued and who's will go down the drain?

It is so sad when a country splits into two like that. Like K*rea, fighting against their own countrymen.

No matter how funky, there's bound to be something of value there. Could be the historical lessons bringing on those changes, you never know.

I see the world getting progressively worse, natural disasters (but they are really a result of mismanagement of the earth) are increasing, the violence is escalating, the entertainment is disgusting, the pollution and destruction of the earth is to the point on no return, and the obscenities used by people is appalling. What have we learned? Wars never end, crime never ends, inhumanity and greed and selfishness never end! Thankfully God is as fed up, as descent people are, over the direction of mankind. He will soon teach mankind a good lesson. We don't want to learn the easy way then we will be forced to learn the hard way. After that, the future will be bright!

We shall keep up our hopes, do not think too negatively.

Maybe...if this world worsen to that state....

Hi shi, Are you teaching history and literature? Many of the precious values and culture have been preserved through literature. Thanks for sharing this.

Well said! "We can't have a future without history" All the yesterdays in the past build up to make today and the future.

hi CTH! I have always thought those who love history are very cultured It seems that even though we know history, we can't seem to help falling into the same old pits again, or following the ruts of those before us, yes, it's so ironical...

You are right and I certainly appreciate all that I know from the learning of history and culture. The desire for money and power has definitely clouded people’s judgement. Greed and anger are strong motivations which contribute to creating disharmony and discords in this world.

That is why you teach it to them over and over again, until they understand just how big of a deal it is.

Learning is one thing but to actually practise it in our daily lives is another and not many people can do that.

Thanks for this sharing, it is a very accurate description of how we view history from one angle. This is like determining the purpose of history.

Hi Lore, Wow, your username already gives one a historical feeling. I agree that learning is the first step, then comes the drawing lessons from it.

Thanks for the reply... We like to see better changes, improvements to our lives and to give due credit to past history would be good.

What is present now will turn into history and so will the future, but what is history now can affect the future.

There are things to learn in any case study in any field. It's the same as studying history from a certain perspective depending on the field of the study. But when we get too emotional, that tends to cloud our rationality. Perhaps too there are always new problems as dynamic as life itself because things change.

Hi tomi, What you said is so true, as long as humans have weaknesses like our anger, greed, ego and jealousy, we are still going to behave in the same wrong way. Maybe there are some aspects of history that have taught us the lessons we need to learn but there are many others which we still keep repeating.

"Many leaders are studied for their thinking methods and such", I guess some of the old strategies of dealing with people and nations still work.

Thanks, history is indeed a foundation of our future lives.

Hi Pose, It's like we know that there's a hole in front but everytime we pass that place, we still step into it. I feel that history does repeat itself.

Yes, I'm worried one day all life on this planet would be wiped out once all these advance weapons are activated.

Hi sumanadep, Your reply made me recall many of the lost things which could not have been preserved due to war, fires, floods, robberies and even ignorance. It was a terrible loss to mankind that all those things of value could not ever be seen or studied again.

We can make a personal resolve to never repeat our own mistakes, to better ourselves and our lives.

Hi sunnyblogs, Your feelings very much reflected mine when I studied history in school. I did very badly because I simply could not remember all the alien names and dates and events. I did not like it at all. But now, I think I can appreciate the knowledge. I still do not remember dates and names but I can connect the past events and their impact on our current world and society.

Hi lucas, Thanks for your response, I guess you have described the whole evolution process