Surely we all understand what you're pointing out, but the idea of looking back at this is to see what we've forgotten and to learn something of value from the

Surely we all understand what you're pointing out, but the idea of looking back at this is to see what we've forgotten and to learn something of value from the past, which surely does have a lot to offer. If we ignore the wisdom of the past because there are so many mistakes included, we throw the baby out with the bath water.