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We all know the famous quote by George Santayana: "Those who cannot remember the past, are condemned to repeat it."[a] I propose a variant: With every new ge
by cs702 5y ago
We all know the famous quote by George Santayana:
"Those who cannot remember the past, are condemned to repeat it."[a]
I propose a variant:
With every new generation that is born, society becomes more ignorant of the past, which recedes into ever more distant history, until only a minority of educated people, including Historians, remember it, condemning everyone else to repeat the same mistakes.
[a] https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/634544-those-who-cannot-remember-the-past-are-condemned-to-repeat https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/634544-those-who-cannot-rem...