Thanks for calling this out. I was going to highlight it as well.
I just finished Simon Schama's series on The History of Britain and he concludes: “But history ought never to be confused with nostalgia. It's written not to revere the dead, but to inspire the living. It's our cultural bloodstream—the secret of who we are. And it tells us …
Thanks for calling this out. I was going to highlight it as well.
I just finished Simon Schama's series on The History of Britain and he concludes: “But history ought never to be confused with nostalgia. It's written not to revere the dead, but to inspire the living. It's our cultural bloodstream—the secret of who we are. And it tells us to let go of the past, even as we honor it; to lament what ought to be lamented; to celebrate what should be celebrated.”
We don't need to ignore or forget the past. In fact, I would argue that we should allow it to inform us. But, it shouldn't dominate the present. It's not constructive and we need to focus our energies on creating something new.
And, yes. I believe that we are all much more alike than we are different, in spite of our conceits otherwise.
Thanks for calling this out. I was going to highlight it as well.
I just finished Simon Schama's series on The History of Britain and he concludes: “But history ought never to be confused with nostalgia. It's written not to revere the dead, but to inspire the living. It's our cultural bloodstream—the secret of who we are. And it tells us to let go of the past, even as we honor it; to lament what ought to be lamented; to celebrate what should be celebrated.”
We don't need to ignore or forget the past. In fact, I would argue that we should allow it to inform us. But, it shouldn't dominate the present. It's not constructive and we need to focus our energies on creating something new.
And, yes. I believe that we are all much more alike than we are different, in spite of our conceits otherwise.