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Over time, the drift between the past print encyclopedias and present digital ones will itself be informative.
by lliamander 4y ago
Over time, the drift between the past print encyclopedias and present digital ones will itself be informative.
- Aeolun 4y agoReading my 100 year old encyclopedia is certainly informative from a social perspective. Anyone not white was considered fairly subhuman at the time, and I know that, but reading how casually that all is presented as fact in an encyclopedia is mildly disturbing.
- pvg 4y agoWhite Europeans and Americans had a whole spectrum of terrible ideas about race 100 years ago but 'everyone not white was considered subhuman' overstates the case by a lot.
- WalterBright 4y agoExpect facts from an encyclopedia, not opinions and judgments.
- lliamander 4y agoIf your only takeaway is how wrong the past was compared to the present (and no doubt in many ways they were) you're not really reading history.