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Monday, 05 November 2007 |
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They say those who don't understand history are doomed to repeat it. The fact is, understanding history doesn't prevent you from re-living it either. Unless, I suppose, you are a dictator. But if you were, then you would be in the middle of one of history's great mistakes and probably repeating many of the seemingly avoidable problems you got yourself into. But the fact is no one really understands history because the picture is incomplete. Some patterns seem to become predictable, but even as the cycle completes no new solution to the fundamental problem has been found, or some new variable makes reptitition inevitable. I think history is the closest a strategist will ever get to a crystal ball, but if you're hoping things go differently this time, do you really know what you're asking for?
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 09 April 2008 )
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