This is the best reason to learn history: not in order to predict the future, but to free yourself of the past and imagine alternative destinies. Of course this is not total freedom--we cannot avoid being shaped by the past. But some freedom is better than none. #YuvalNoahHarari

- May 29, 2025

This is the best reason to learn history: not in order to predict the future, but to free yourself of the past and imagine alternative destinies. Of course this is not total freedom--we cannot avoid being shaped by the past. But some freedom is better than none. #YuvalNoahHarari
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This is the best reason to learn history: not in order to predict the future, but to free yourself of the past and imagine alternative destinies. Of course this is not total freedom--we cannot avoid being shaped by the past. But some freedom is better than none. #YuvalNoahHarari

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