Why History Matters | Patrick Allitt | TEDxEmory

[bboyneon]

I can't believe this talk isn't popular.

[SC]

He was my designated mentor in Undergrad. That man could make any subject interesting. His personality could begin to show as arrogant and self-righteous, only to show that he was actually affable and open.

Like here, he makes you think for a second that he's going to say something aghast, only to pull back and put at ease.

You walk away from this lesson knowing that you really don't know, and knowing that makes you all the more intelligent. Each situation has to be examined on its own, and no one is an absolute expert on what is "right" or what will come. We're all in it together, including the people who don't care or don't even know about the situation. We all play a role.

[florianpollard]

I always tell everybody that nowadays history is your most important subject in school and you should not be allowed to drop it early. It makes you look more objectively to information making you more resistant to fake(or super biased) news.

[erickahidalgo]

You are right, so am I… a professor said to me ounce . I couldn’t understand. I was raise on false premise I had to stand in a you against me mentality, however he stated. Truth is simple.

That’s powerful.

[justanothergabs]

To me his lecture here is far more important than anything you actually learn in history, you could actually take something from his lesson for everyday lives, trying to use history itself when debating a certain political decision, this is the best practical use for it for common folk, maybe the only good use for it.

Honestly, if lessons and learning from mistakes is the objective fiction covers that ground in a much more effective way, if literature actually tried to not be restricted to national content teachers would have a much bigger space to work with, imagine learning ethics using Fullmetal Alchemist (2003) or Attack on Titan instead of Shakespeare or something, they're both so much easier to understand and take lessons from.

[ingore]

Imagine a youtube channel named "History Matters".

[douglis]

Excellent presentation by Dr. Allitt. Enjoyed very much

[waterlemon]

Thank you very much indeed. The most British thing I’d ever heard!

[shakespearaamina]

I really appreciate your presentation ☺️ Brilliant indeed 🙂

[maartenboy]

This vid should have way more exposure.

[kevinmcinerney]

I used to have a friend who said she wasn't interested in history. I would reply "so you aren't interested in everything that ever happened?"

[bossladybee]

Thanks Mr Patrick. Enjoy 😉 your presentation on history!! History is very important and interesting 🧐!

[ldxrkmd]

(FACTS OVA FEELINGS). To Hold On to the Past Ollwaves Creates Suffering Even if it was Wonderful

[cmbr]

Kinda funny how certain people never acknowledge greed then selfishness as the cause of WWI then WWII.

[Angelicaarchangelica]

As someone who studied ethnic conflicts for many years, I suggest that perhaps it is not adequate to try to put oneself in other people's shoose hoping to understand them. We are all likely to be genetically wired to understand our own genetic history more so then our external experiences, therefore, one can never assume to truly understand "the other", our perception of "the other" are tinged by our own biology. Yes it is a conflict between right and right if you depart from the point that both side have their reasons, nevertheless, one can only see "the other" thru one own eyes.

[isaacmichael]

But what happened if there is something unexpected, Horrible realization, that it will change you and entire existence, Like Advanced Civilization in Mars, Evolutionary tree of Religion/Faith, Myth, Mysticism's or the entire system itself is corruption?

[EuphoricIntentions]

Bro, it’s all a class struggle, as to which is the greatest writing style, free form, or stop motion.

[srseki]

of course it could be right against wrong, and wrong against wrong, like police against drug cartel, and drug cartels fight each other.

[rod]

(EYE JUST HERE TO MAKE EU THINK). UR FUTURE NEEDS EU UR PAST DOESN'T!

[knowwhere]

British history in a nutshell--- fu** definitely should've done that...on every page