A Blast From the Past

In the past lies great stories. Great stories of men and women who either succeeded or failed. Despite, this mine gold of information, some would be arrogant enough to not learn from it. Proving once and for all Darwin's theory of evolution. The evolution of humanity's stupidity.

The past is often like an a last year exam for when doing this years exam. Yes, its not always fully the same, which can be dangerous expecting it to be the same, but its quite the cheat sheet to help you combat tomorrow's problems.

It may seem unlikely. However, life works in cycles, as the economy which also does works in cycle. The past, sometimes to most peoples' surprise is very much relevant to us as it was yesterday. What often happens in this life, is the same problems that our grandfather or grandmother faced.

The course of human history if looked closely, is an ever moving circle. Going round and round. Through all eternity.

Although it may not be the exact situation, it will be like the same chess pieces. Like a game of chess, every game is different, but it’s the same problems and what they represent. So the same old game.

As we move through this circle, the pieces may dress in different names or colors, but its all still the same issues. Will someone comprise their values, what will someone’s choices be, will they yield to fear, or will they conquer?

Yes, humans may have changed in technologies, and culture, but we are still the very same humans, which lies the factor of this repetition. Just as those before us and those after us. This is why stories from the past of great battles, and costly decisions, it's all so very familiar. It is something we can all relate to, because we are still humans, then and now.

As that quote goes, those who ignore the past are doomed to repeat it. Looking back doesn’t always solve our problems, but sometimes they have the answers. Although, the past in is quite different, we only need to look at what point are we in the cycle to find how to solve tomorrow, because then we will know what happens next.