Oddly the front page of HN shows “diary of a country parson” which Bryson referred to liberally. (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38992004 https://news.yc

Oddly the front page of HN shows “diary of a country parson” which Bryson referred to liberally. (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38992004 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38992004). We assume Woodforde (the parson in mid 18 early 19 century England is fairly representative. Yes weddings christenings and burials but mostly … nothing much beyond weather and food. Did he support a new school, improve the unionisation of the farm workers, yadadada Society grows or stagnates. Having the elite supported by the majority of workers and then just sitting back and stagnating seems … worthless. How many of us are pushing in the right direction - that history will look back in two centuries and say “good”