Until a population gets a solid, working grasp of history, "progress" will often turn out to be regress. Under the naive assumption that one's new idea will save us, we are bound to repeat a mistake that someone else in some other place at some other time has already made. True progress doesn't begin with "new ideas" (of which there are truly none under the sun). If there is to be any true progress, it must begin with a sober look at history.
"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it"
-Santayana
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