2006-06-08 05:27:08 · 9 answers · asked by CJ 22 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
History tends to repeat itself. If you understand the history of something, you can use that knowledge to make a better, more informed decision in the future.
Take Thomas Edison for instance. He was one of the greatest inventors ever and he said: "I haven't failed, I've found 10,000 ways that don't work". By looking back at the history of the experiments he tried that didn't work he was able to figure out the way it did work.
2006-06-08 05:40:30 · answer #1 · answered by devilishblueyes 7 · 10⤊ 1⤋
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2016-11-14 08:50:48 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no future without the past.
We constantly make the same mistakes because of our failure to remember what came before.
ex: Diocletian tried to resolve Roman economic problems by devaluing currency. Not surprisingly, it didn't work. Regan tried it and it didn't work for him.
an example closer to home and more recent:
In the early 1980's the Regan Administration was involved in the illegal selling of arms in South America to the Contras. This was part of an arms deal involving US support for Iran in its war with Iraq. Shortly before the story broke, there were pictures in the newspaper of D. Rumsfeld hugging and kissing Hussein in Iraq and detailing our commitment in Iraq's war against Iran. Imagine how upset Hussein was when he found out we were provoking and continuing a war between Iran and Iraq for our our purposes. And now here we are trying to resolve a long-standing problem with Iraq.....
2006-06-08 16:04:00 · answer #3 · answered by hhabilis 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Reactions of the past help us predict our future.
Great example. The winning countries punished Germany after WW1. This led to world wide economic depression and WW2.
We learned from that mistake. America rebuilt Europe and provided food. Hungry people listen to dictators but not countries provided aid. We had a Cold War that eventually worked out and there have been no more wars in Europe.
2006-06-08 05:33:32 · answer #4 · answered by redunicorn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Those who fail to learn from the mistakes of the past are doomed to repeat them in the future.
2006-06-08 15:26:51 · answer #5 · answered by devil_bunny_99 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To learn from past mistakes and triumphs. Now is the future for the past (hope that's not confusing). The past tells us how we evolved into what we are today and hopefully guide us into the future.
2006-06-08 05:37:39 · answer #6 · answered by Lawrence L 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To try and learn from our past mistakes. It'd be kind of pointless to go through a period of bad decisions if we kept repeating the same mistakes over and over again.
2006-06-08 05:30:23 · answer #7 · answered by someguy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That way we will not be in a position to reinvent the wheel! Nor to repeat less smart steps! Follow successful examples!
2006-06-08 12:07:39 · answer #8 · answered by soubassakis 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So you can understand where ideas and theories came from. Most ideas are built from someone elses smaller ideas. Its like building blocks
2006-06-08 05:30:55 · answer #9 · answered by drop it 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋