The whole point of the article, that the author has been stressing on about, is how to record functional history, the kind that is useful and practical for futu

The whole point of the article, that the author has been stressing on about, is how to record functional history, the kind that is useful and practical for future generation to learn from. - Functional history should entail what works as well as what doesn’t work. - Also should detail what was gained and what was lost by such event. - And most importantly, what was the extent of human misery or happiness by not only by society but by various types of individual. Tall order, but this author does it well (assuming that one is well-read).