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I don’t agree that history’s lessons have never been learned or heeded. I agree it has been far too infrequent. It is books and the arts that teach these lessons for future generations. Now we have something far more accessible for everyone, the Internet. We are just beginning to learn the power of instant information and history. We are also viewing the valuable creation of an alternate to the gross filtering by the M$M. And finally, if the world doesn’t realize the value of banding together to prevent human banishment from history in 200 years due to global warming, what history teaches won’t matter. If we do learn to do that, we may enter into a real age of enlightenment.
