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Cedric Chin
@ejames_c
This week's Commonplace essay took two weeks to write, because it deals with something a little more ... philosophical. Don't read history for lessons. Read it for concept instantiations instead. I dive deep into what that actually looks like:
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Don't Read History for Lessons
Learning from history is often problematic — history is context and path dependent, and it doesn't repeat itself. But what if there is a better way to read history, one that sidesteps these problems?
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Lucius
@youngprotean
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@ejames_c
It makes my blood boil when I see people spout off about lessons from their experience or history without context. Most are not believable at all and are leveraging fake credibility. Also so good to see someone else mention life path dependence. Many people seem to ignore this.
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Lucius
@youngprotean
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@ejames_c
Completely agree with concept instantiations as well. I see this as calibration. I think of it as gathering data points and using them to calibrate what reality looks like and what I could reasonably expect, given my own abilities and situation.
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Adam Shapiro
@AdamShap
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“Concept instantiations, not lessons.” Brilliant. I have a degree in history, yet something about biz - and other - bios always irked me; now I know why.
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