I find the idea that ‘studying history is valuable for trying to do big things’ counterintuitive. I think it would be valuable for you to try to share your intuition as a post. I would find a set of several examples (perhaps of the form “1) big idea 2) historical evidence of why this idea won’t work well”) very useful for getting a sense of what you’re talking about. I’d also like to see some discussion of why mere discussion of object level lessons (say for example, “coordinating large groups of people is hard”) isn’t as good as discussing history.
Until someone does this, I doubt we’ll see much historical discussion.
I’d also like to see some discussion of why mere discussion of object level lessons (say for example, “coordinating large groups of people is hard”) isn’t as good as discussing history.
I find the idea that ‘studying history is valuable for trying to do big things’ counterintuitive. I think it would be valuable for you to try to share your intuition as a post. I would find a set of several examples (perhaps of the form “1) big idea 2) historical evidence of why this idea won’t work well”) very useful for getting a sense of what you’re talking about. I’d also like to see some discussion of why mere discussion of object level lessons (say for example, “coordinating large groups of people is hard”) isn’t as good as discussing history.
Until someone does this, I doubt we’ll see much historical discussion.
Because society, unlike say physics, is a thick problem, so in order to have any chance to make reasonable decisions is to calibrate yourself by knowing a lot of history.