Events are moving so fast and what in one moment seems impossible, the next is happening. I'm sure historians will, in time, provide theories and analysis, but for now I think most of us simply want the tide stemmed.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
History is what we bring to it, not just the events themselves, but how we interpret those events.
History keeps teaching us that we can't recognize the important events that are going to trigger changes.
I feel like history is about going and discovering the great human stories that just are every bit as relevant as anything that's going on today.
We live in a world which is changing very fast. What seems contemporary now will be historical in two years.
History is, in its essentials, the science of change. It knows and it teaches that it is impossible to find two events that are ever exactly alike, because the conditions from which they spring are never identical.
Few will have the greatness to bend history itself; but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total; of all those acts will be written the history of this generation.
I've been completely fascinated with history because it tells everything about what's going to happen next because it's cyclical, everything repeats in general.
I feel slightly uneasy at the way historians are consulted as if history is going to repeat itself. It never does.
We live in an era with no historical precedents. History is no longer useful as a tool in helping us understand current changes.
History is a relentless master. It has no present, only the past rushing into the future. To try to hold fast is to be swept aside.