what are some history books that gave you great life lessons?

@khanesthetic

13 күн бұрын

From Plassey to Partition by Shekhar bandhoupadhaya Era of Darkness by Shashi Tharoor These two are my current favt book and just ordered History of economics which you have recommended.

This channel is a real gem, can’t even count how many books I’ve added to my list from this channel alone!

@IdeasInHat

13 күн бұрын

Haha. I feel the same when I accidentally open Amazon 😅😅

Love you bro your Chanel always makes me want to be constantly learning and you always make want to go out and buy a truck load of books 😂Thank you.

@IdeasInHat

13 күн бұрын

Nothing beats a house full of books!

I’ve been teaching GED students U.S. history for almost 8 years and I’m definitely starting to be more interested in studying history. There are so many life lessons that can be learned and applied. My biggest question is how much different would things had been if the internet/social media existed. While human behavior seems to be the same no matter what time period we’re talking about, I tend to think that the future will be interesting because more things are public now.

@IdeasInHat

14 күн бұрын

There has definitely been a democratization of AI and Information, but we will see how long that lasts. I am also uncertain about the future, but optimistic.

Nothing is stupider than burning down the forest, because you don't like how 1 tree looks. It's called being short-sighted.

@IdeasInHat

14 күн бұрын

Yeah, that's honestly the entire british policy in Afghanistan, historically. They refused to take leaders like dost Mohammad khan seriously, installed unpopular leaders like Ali shah because one single British officer liked him, and refused to give aid to Afghanistan until it was already too late, multiple times. I would like to think I wouldn't be as short -sighted, lol.

I READ Keynesian economics is good or "bad" depends on the specific economic context and how the policies are implemented.BUT IT IS NOT effective In China india Pakistan what your thoughts

@IdeasInHat

12 күн бұрын

Basically what you said. Some ideas like government spending policies can remove wealth from the private sector and increase money velocity, but as to why you would want todo that, depends. His ideas are good or bad depending on the context.

@Dbz3345

12 күн бұрын

@@IdeasInHat that why debt is increasing and i read debt book is good and bad both..

Did you read Tom Holland's Dominion? That book completely turned my head 180, I'm still confused on whether to take it seriously or not.

@IdeasInHat

20 сағат бұрын

Hahahah. I have it. But not yet. What's wrong with it? 😅😅

@antun88

19 сағат бұрын

@@IdeasInHat well, he claims that we are basically Christian to the core. That all our values, human rights, are deeply rooted in christian theological assumptions and not by any means rational or self-evident. Even modern atheism is just an natural endpoint of Protestantism. And even science is standing on assumptions that can be derived to theology. It's insane. I really don't know what to make of it. But I didn't see any good counter-arguments either.

@antun88

2 сағат бұрын

​​@@IdeasInHat It makes a claim that basically all human rights and our core moral values are based on Christian assumptions. We are Christians without even realizing it. Even atheism is just an extension of protestantism. And even science stands on christian theological grounds. Which, for the first time, made me realize that there are clear limits of what can science tell us and what it cannot tell us. For example, when people say there is no evidence for divine revelation or any kind of intelligent design, that is really a non-argument. Science is a discipline which in it's assumptions say that it explains events with "natural laws" (Lex Naturalis from Aquinas). So even if you would find evidence for something that can be explained by intelligent design, you cannot do that by your starting assumptions. So science can only reinterpret the evidence into more complex laws, nothing else. Btw, I haven't either read the book XD. I watched a ton of podcasts and talks by him.

@IdeasInHat

2 сағат бұрын

@@antun88 oooh. Sounds like a spicy take. Makes me excited to read it! My bias is actually to root things in human nature, so this is clearly a cultural/environmental leaning book. Sounds great! I have heard Peterson make this claim a few times, but never looked too much into it.

@antun88

2 сағат бұрын

@@IdeasInHat my comment gets deleted for unknown reason

What I learned from history books is that bringing children into existence into this shit show of a world is totally selfish, unethical, and even sadistic.

@IdeasInHat

14 күн бұрын

Antinatalism, spicy take. I find I agree with some Antinatalism ideas, but cannot bring myself to agree entirely.