Stamp collecting (e.g. “history” and “English literature”) does not count.
Interesting to see your perspective change from this post and it’s comments, which suggested that history is a useful source of world models. Or am I misinterpreting past/current you?
My perspective hasn’t changed. I value history. I’m currently reading The Gunpowder Age: China, Military Innovation and the Rise of the West in World History (2016) by Tonio Andrade. I just feel history is more of a “field of knowledge” than a “skill” with immediate practical applications. This post is about immediate practical applications.
Interesting to see your perspective change from this post and it’s comments, which suggested that history is a useful source of world models. Or am I misinterpreting past/current you?
My perspective hasn’t changed. I value history. I’m currently reading The Gunpowder Age: China, Military Innovation and the Rise of the West in World History (2016) by Tonio Andrade. I just feel history is more of a “field of knowledge” than a “skill” with immediate practical applications. This post is about immediate practical applications.
FYI that wasn’t my takeaway from that stamp collecting link