The Band Playing Live With A Famous Orchestra Album
One side says x, the other says y, another interjects with z. I'm hearing a repetition of the same debates that have gone on for years. This generations turn to chew the same cud coming to the same conclusions. History really does repeat itself. Nothing appears to be changing. And I know that has been said before too.
Every year there's the next person to feel disillusioned with something or other. So this generation would rather experience it for themselves, not dodge the bullet and learn from the last generation. It's almost a passage of rite. We could save ourselves years if, on some matters, we just accepted, trusted and learnt from the previous generation.
As an example; we didn't learn from the last recession, nor the recession before that. It seems we carried on blindly, accusing top economists of being doom mongers. Our leaders do know history, right? If some of the top economists are saying "this growth is too fast and can only lead to recession", why not listen to them? And then put in place strategies to a recession or even strategies to avoid a recession altogether. Use history to foresee a problem, use history to see a resolution. So what if the strategies aren't used and the economists were proven wrong, a ship doesn't have lifeboats because it will definitely sink.
History could help us move on, makes me wonder if civilisation has peaked. As long as we are only living for this number of years, by the time we've grown old and realised for ourselves that we agree with the last generation, it's too late. Maybe if average life expectancy was 50 or 500 the world would be a different place. Not convinced civilisation is based on life expectancy, but...
History could teach us so much, if only we'd trust it.