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History teaches us that history teaches us nothing ...

rslade — Wed, 02 Dec 2020 19:06:44 GMT

So, CNN reports that "the company that literally started Silicon Valley is moving to Texas."

And I'm thinking, "I didn't know Fairchild Semiconductor was even still in operation!"

They were talking about HP.

(Kids. I'm surrounded by kids ...)

Re: History teaches us that history teaches us nothing ...

Beads — Wed, 02 Dec 2020 22:02:11 GMT

Does the American education system even offer History any more?

- b/eads

Re: History teaches us that history teaches us nothing ...

CraginS — Thu, 03 Dec 2020 17:42:27 GMT

@Beads wrote:
Does the American education system even offer History any more?

- b/eads

<snark>Well, sort of. But not based on actual historically recorded incidents and the analysis of professional historians.</snark>

Oh, well.

Craig

Re: History teaches us that history teaches us nothing ...

Beads — Thu, 03 Dec 2020 18:03:22 GMT

I get it. Reading comments and statements from those who came through the education system after myself. I know that just a couple graduating classes after mine simply missed out on History and Government/Civics and Economics in favor of social studies and something long forgotten to me. Let me say this knowledge gap is glaringly obvious to me today.

Not so much wrong but a clearly different set of viewpoints.

- b/eads

Re: History teaches us that history teaches us nothing ...

rslade — Thu, 03 Dec 2020 18:46:49 GMT

> CraginS (Advocate III) posted a new reply in Industry News on 12-03-2020 12:42 PM in the (ISC)Â² Community :

> <snark>Well, sort of. But not based on actual
> historically recorded incidents and the analysis of professional
> historians.</snark> Oh, well.

It is important to the American economy that history is not taught on a strictly factual basis. This allows for the production of movies like "The Patriot," "Pearl Harbor," and "Argo."

Re: History teaches us that history teaches us nothing ...

CraginS — Thu, 03 Dec 2020 21:25:16 GMT

@rslade wrote:
> CraginS (Advocate III) posted a new reply in Industry News on 12-03-2020 12:42 PM in the (ISC)Â² Community :

> <snark>Well, sort of. But not based on actual
> historically recorded incidents and the analysis of professional
> historians.</snark> Oh, well.

It is important to the American economy that history is not taught on a strictly factual basis. This allows for the production of movies like "The Patriot," "Pearl Harbor," and "Argo."

Harsh, man, HARSH!

Oh you forgot Oliver Stone's JFK.

Every time I see the name of that third movie, an old Army epithet springs into memory, "Argo, .... yourself."

Craig

Re: History teaches us that history teaches us nothing ...

Steve-Wilme — Fri, 04 Dec 2020 15:59:11 GMT

Not Shockley Semiconductor then?