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“The Lessons of History” is the result of a lifetime of research from Pulitzer Prize-winning historians Will and Ariel Durant. #bookstr https://ia800306.us.archive.org/31/items/durant-will-the-lessons-of-history_202012/Durant%20Will%20-%20The%20Lessons%20of%20History.pdf

If you want to understand the #future, stop looking at the #news and start looking at the "Lindy" books. The *Durants spent 50 years writing 11 volumes of history, then condensed it into 100 pages of pure signal. Here’s what stays the same: 1. Human nature is a constant. #Technology evolves at warp speed, but our instincts move at "geological leisureliness." We are the same biological creatures who roamed the savannah, just with better iPhones. We change our habits, but never our drives. 2. Biology is the fundamental law. History is a fragment of biology. • Life is Competition: We cooperate only to compete more effectively as a group. • Life is Selection: Nature loves variety because it allows for evolution. • Life must Breed: Nature cares about the species, not the individual. 3. Freedom and Equality are sworn enemies. If you are free, your natural differences will lead to unequal outcomes. If you want equal outcomes, you must suppress freedom to enforce them. You can have a free society or an equal one, but history says you can't have both. 4. The heartbeat of wealth. Wealth naturally concentrates in the hands of the "capable" minority. This is an economic law. But when the gap becomes too wide, history triggers a "diastole"; a redistribution via either peaceful legislation or violent revolution. 5. The role of Religion. Thinkers often dismiss religion, but history doesn't. Religion acts as the "social glue" for the 90% who didn't win the economic lottery. It provides a moral code that laws alone cannot enforce. When belief fades, social cohesion usually follows. 6. Morals are local. What we call "sin" today was often a "virtue" yesterday. • Hunter-gatherers: Aggression and greed were survival traits. • Agriculture: Industry and sobriety became the new "good." • Industry: Modern independence is shifting the code again. 7. War is the norm, not the exception. In 3,421 years of recorded history, only 268 have seen no war. Peace is merely an "unstable equilibrium" maintained by a balance of power. Even a philosopher must admit that a long peace can "fatally weaken the martial muscles of a nation." 8. Progress isn't transformation. We aren't "smarter" than the Greeks; we just have a larger "total heritage." Progress is the accumulation of tools, techniques, and knowledge passed from one generation to the next. It is a fragile chain that must be re-learned by every child. 9. The Takeaway: History is the map of human character. To know how we will act tomorrow, look at how we acted a thousand years ago. Study the originals. Skip the noise. * The Lessons of History by Will and Ariel Durant

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A group of blind men heard that a strange animal, called an elephant, had been brought to the town, but none of them were aware of its shape and form. Out of curiosity, they said: "We must inspect and know it by touch, of which we are capable". So, they sought it out, and when they found it they groped about it. The first person, whose hand landed on the trunk, said, "This being is like a thick snake". For another one whose hand reached its ear, it seemed like a kind of fan. As for another person, whose hand was upon its leg, said, the elephant is a pillar like a tree-trunk. The blind man who placed his hand upon its side said the elephant, "is a wall". Another who felt its tail, described it as a rope. The last felt its tusk, stating the elephant is that which is hard, smooth and like a spear. #parablestr https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_men_and_an_elephant

List of thought-terminating clichés: "It is what it is." "That's just the way it is." "Everything happens for a reason." "Let's agree to disagree." "It'll all work out." "You're overreacting." "Calm down." "Boys will be boys." "That's just how people are." "We're all doing our best." "There's no use crying over spilled milk." "That's just the way things are." "Don't be so sensitive." "They're just jealous." "Live and let live." "That's politics." "You can't change human nature." "It's part of life." "Everyone does it." Thought-terminating clichés are short, familiar phrases that halt critical thinking by offering ready-made answers or dismissals instead of engaging with nuance. They function as conversational shortcuts that deflect questions, invalidate feelings, and close debate—often protecting social comfort or existing power structures by discouraging further inquiry. Overused in personal, political, and institutional contexts, these clichés ease momentary tension but perpetuate misunderstanding and prevent meaningful change. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thought-terminating_clich%C3%A9

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