The Lessons of History - Will & Ariel Durant

Hesitations

When it comes to learning from history here is an interesting question:

Have you learned more about human nature than the man in the street?

Learning is as important as application of that knowledge.

What’s the problem with history?

We don’t learn.

page 11 last sentence - history is incomplete - removing books from naval that involve women. 500 years from now nobody will know that women contributed to the cause

History of The Earth

Geography - civilizations around rivers Airplanes development changing importance of coastline for trading.

Biology & History

Only poor want equality and rich want liberty. At the end the rich always get their way.

Race & History