> I think history is a lot more interesting and makes a lot more sense when you finally realize that people in the past were just as aware and smart as us, as opposed to the bumbling idiots we often assume them to be.
I think the present is a lot more depressing, but makes a lot more sense, when you finally realize that people today are just as much bumbling idiots as those in the past, as opposed to the aware and smart people we often assume ourselves to be.
Yes, this is equally true! I think this re-casting of what I said sheds even more light on both history and the present. We're not as enlightened and different as we like to think. Knowledge and technology increases, but people and emotions don't change.
I think the present is a lot more depressing, but makes a lot more sense, when you finally realize that people today are just as much bumbling idiots as those in the past, as opposed to the aware and smart people we often assume ourselves to be.