People often say “ Those who don’t understand history will repeat the mistakes of the past.” I totally disagree. I don’t see any evidence that people have made smart decisions based on their knowledge of the past. To me, the present is what is important, not the past. I think that people, the weather, and politics determine what happens, not the past.
People can change. We can’t assume that people will continue to hate one another just because they have had hated one another for years. Look at Turkey and Greece. When Turkey had an earthquake, Greece sent aid. When Greece had an earthquake, Turkey sent aid. Now, these two countries are cooperating and looking forward to improved relations. No doubt, if we looked at the past, we could have thought this was a lost cause. But people change.
The weather can change. Farmers think that they can plant certain crops because these crops have always grown well in their fields before. But the weather can change. There can be a long drought. The crops that have always worked well , will die. A drought-resistant crop needs to be tried. If we looked at the past, we would not have changed our crop and we would have lost our farm. Weather changes.
Politics an change. According to my way of thinking, politicians must be responsive to changes in the people. If politicians looked only at the past, they would always say the same thing. People change. On the whole, people today care about human rights. They warn all people to have the equal rights. If we looked at the past in the United States, we would see a lot of discrimination against races, women, and sexual orientation. Now, that is changing. Politicians changes, too.
As a rule what is important today is to follow the mood of the moment. We can’t be looked in the past. It doesn’t do us any good to think about the past. People, the weather, and politics can change in any direction. The direction of this change, in my opinion, can not be predicted by studying the past.
People can change. We can’t assume that people will continue to hate one another just because they have had hated one another for years. Look at Turkey and Greece. When Turkey had an earthquake, Greece sent aid. When Greece had an earthquake, Turkey sent aid. Now, these two countries are cooperating and looking forward to improved relations. No doubt, if we looked at the past, we could have thought this was a lost cause. But people change.
The weather can change. Farmers think that they can plant certain crops because these crops have always grown well in their fields before. But the weather can change. There can be a long drought. The crops that have always worked well , will die. A drought-resistant crop needs to be tried. If we looked at the past, we would not have changed our crop and we would have lost our farm. Weather changes.
Politics an change. According to my way of thinking, politicians must be responsive to changes in the people. If politicians looked only at the past, they would always say the same thing. People change. On the whole, people today care about human rights. They warn all people to have the equal rights. If we looked at the past in the United States, we would see a lot of discrimination against races, women, and sexual orientation. Now, that is changing. Politicians changes, too.
As a rule what is important today is to follow the mood of the moment. We can’t be looked in the past. It doesn’t do us any good to think about the past. People, the weather, and politics can change in any direction. The direction of this change, in my opinion, can not be predicted by studying the past.
人們常說“那些不懂歷史會重復過去的錯誤�！拔彝耆煌�。我沒有看到任何證據(jù)表明人做出聰明的決定基于他們過去的知識。對我來說,目前是什么是重要的,而不是過去。我認為人們,天氣,和政治的決定會發(fā)生什么,而不是過去。
人是可以改變的。我們不能假定人們會繼續(xù)討厭另一個僅僅因為他們討厭彼此多年�？纯赐炼浜拖ＥD。當土耳其地震,希臘援助。當希臘也發(fā)生了地震,土耳其派遣援助�，F(xiàn)在,這兩個國家合作,期待改善關(guān)系。毫無疑問,如果我們看過去,我們可以認為這是一個注定要失敗。但是人們改變。
天氣可以改變。農(nóng)民認為他們可以種植某些作物,因為這些作物一直生長在他們的田地。但天氣可以改變�？梢杂泻荛L的干旱。作物一直工作得很好,會死。耐旱作物需要嘗試。如果我們看過去,我們不會改變了作物,我們就會失去我們的農(nóng)場。天氣的變化。
政治的變化。根據(jù)我的思維方式,政客們必須能夠響應(yīng)變化的人。如果政客們只看過去,他們總是說同樣的事情。人改變。總的來說,今天的人們關(guān)心人權(quán)。他們警告所有的人擁有平等的權(quán)利。如果我們看過去在美國,我們會看到很多種族歧視,女性,性取向�，F(xiàn)在,這種情況正在改變。政客們的變化。
一般重要的今天是跟隨的那一刻的心情。我們不能過去了。我們不做任何思考過去。人、天氣和政治可以改變在任何方向。這種變化的方向,在我看來,不能預測的研究過去。
