Has there ever been a better time in history to learn history?! The resources on this internet thing are amazing. And generally free! #blessed
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plus we have more history now than any point in history
one question i’ve always wondered about is: for each historical period, when was it best understood by the people motivated to learn about it? e.g. arguably we know more about the 90s now than we did in 2000. But we know less about the Roman Republic than Livy did... (I think?)
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You've heard of meta-history? E.g. https://www.college.columbia.edu/cct/archive/sep_oct08/features1 … Ever since hearing about it I've wanted a meta-history of the roman empire, which I cannot have.
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the history of the history of the fifties! i don’t know if that’s wonderful or (can’t believe i’m saying this) too meta
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