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The central point of your comment is obfuscated by unnecessary condescension.

nobody9999 6y ago
>The central point of your comment is obfuscated by unnecessary condescension. How so? Is it your view that pointing out that effort is required to obtain knowledge is "condescension?" Who, exactly, was I condescending to? I'd be really interested to know, since that wasn't even a consideration to me. In fact, I even make reference to this: >A such, please don't take my comment as a personal attack, it's not. The sentiment you express isn't unusual or surprising. Perhaps your confusion lies in my repeated use of the pronoun "you," which in this context refers to general humanity rather than any particular person (and most certainly not OP). It's unfortunate that you (in this case, I specifically mean the poster to whom I'm responding) chose to ignore my argument because of some invented negativity. Thank you for sharing your point of view. I appreciate your feedback.
- AareyBaba 6y ago
  First, thanks for the links. I have bookmarked the YouTube series. I too enjoy reading history and, as you rightly observe, most people don't go out of their way to read history. I am currently going through the Fall of Civilizations series [0] which I highly recommend. The central point of your original comment was that there is extensive historical information available connecting us to our past but one has to put in the effort to discover it. You provided links to support your point. This point could have been made succinctly. Many of the sentences with italics come across as preachy even though you probably didn't intend to. They were also unnecessary to get your point across. [0] Fall of Civilizations https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLR7yrLMHm11X6-M_usCj5H-gdstyWNLXQ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLR7yrLMHm11X6-M_usCj5...
  - nobody9999 6y ago
    >I am currently going through the Fall of Civilizations series [0] which I highly recommend. Thanks for the recommendation. I'll check it out. >The central point of your original comment was that there is extensive historical information available connecting us to our past but one has to put in the effort to discover it. You provided links to support your point. That was one point I was attempting to make. I further wanted to make it clear that such resources are more available to more people than they ever have been. However, the central point I was attempting (apparently unsuccessfully, in your case) to make was that history is not, and never has been, all that important to most people, that our media and culture actively discourage any interest in history; and that feeling a "disconnect" from history is neither unusual nor a recent development. Again, I appreciate your feedback, as I already know what I think and want to say, but (obviously) don't know how others will interpret what I do say. Edit: Clarified several points.

>The central point of your comment is obfuscated by unnecessary condescension. How so? Is it your view that pointing out that effort is required to obtain knowledge is "condescension?" Who, exactly, was I condescending to? I'd be really interested to know, since that wasn't even a consideration to me. In fact, I even make reference to this: >A such, please don't take my comment as a personal attack, it's not. The sentiment you express isn't unusual or surprising. Perhaps your confusion lies in my repeated use of the pronoun "you," which in this context refers to general humanity rather than any particular person (and most certainly not OP). It's unfortunate that you (in this case, I specifically mean the poster to whom I'm responding) chose to ignore my argument because of some invented negativity. Thank you for sharing your point of view. I appreciate your feedback.

AareyBaba 6y ago
First, thanks for the links. I have bookmarked the YouTube series. I too enjoy reading history and, as you rightly observe, most people don't go out of their way to read history. I am currently going through the Fall of Civilizations series [0] which I highly recommend. The central point of your original comment was that there is extensive historical information available connecting us to our past but one has to put in the effort to discover it. You provided links to support your point. This point could have been made succinctly. Many of the sentences with italics come across as preachy even though you probably didn't intend to. They were also unnecessary to get your point across. [0] Fall of Civilizations https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLR7yrLMHm11X6-M_usCj5H-gdstyWNLXQ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLR7yrLMHm11X6-M_usCj5...
- nobody9999 6y ago
  >I am currently going through the Fall of Civilizations series [0] which I highly recommend. Thanks for the recommendation. I'll check it out. >The central point of your original comment was that there is extensive historical information available connecting us to our past but one has to put in the effort to discover it. You provided links to support your point. That was one point I was attempting to make. I further wanted to make it clear that such resources are more available to more people than they ever have been. However, the central point I was attempting (apparently unsuccessfully, in your case) to make was that history is not, and never has been, all that important to most people, that our media and culture actively discourage any interest in history; and that feeling a "disconnect" from history is neither unusual nor a recent development. Again, I appreciate your feedback, as I already know what I think and want to say, but (obviously) don't know how others will interpret what I do say. Edit: Clarified several points.