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Ready to learn the most important takeaways from The Lessons of History in less than two minutes? Keep reading!
Why This Book Matters:
The Lessons of History covers changes in every corner of the world over 5,000 years.
The Big Takeaways:
- Where people live is the biggest indicator of who they will become, but this becomes further from the truth as technology prevails.
- If People have always been drawn to place near necessities such as waterways. With the evolution of technology, immediate resources become less time-sensitive.
- People were not born equal.
- History shows our love for competition in an attempt to gain superiority.
- The way people and their communities have evolved does not include race as a factor.
- White people were able to make more early advancements because of where they were located in Europe, not because their race had more inherent intelligence.
- Who we are, how we celebrate, the way we live our lives are only outcomes of our environment.
- Cultures have developed over time, and many of our beliefs are held in that culture due to how we were raised.
- Wealth in one place is common but can find more power in redistributing the riches.
- It is common for a few people to hold the majority of the wealth, but the distribution of this wealth is a measure of a society’s morality and freedom.
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