I am always astonished when I hear older people saying history is boring. I would understand the younger ones that are into all the new digital ways of information and communication. The older ones might simply have experience bad things in the past and do not want to look back! I think it is important to be aware of historic facts. You do not have to dive into like a scientist and analyse every piece but to understand why certain things happened is key to educate the younger ones about it. Mankind has to learn from its history - otherwise this planet Earth will not exist a lot longer I am afraid
It's too important, and not so that we don't repeat our past mistakes; instead, history shouldn't be boring because it teaches us so much about who we are the universal things that we all experience, no matter our age, label, or time period. History helps us to build empathy, and it helps us to understand each other.
Might be a personal thing, some people like technology, others cooking, others sports, music - I love to watch old movies and the recap of historic happenings so much. To see how these people dressed, spoke, behaved is fun to me. The only thing missing which ahrdly any of the new media channels can transport - I would like to smell history, smell the past. Some people might say I am a freak - be happy you did not smell that.
As the study of change, history identifies the driving forces behind cultures. A culture's history is integral to the shared identities of its members, and you can't see the full picture of a culture without understanding the history behind it. 2. History helps us understand our own society.
Anyway - History is a great part of my life and I hope the majority of our species is also interested in this History Thing!
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