Golden age & historical culture, Q+A

[Pik4me]

1. What time eras were your ‘Golden age’ where the history and humanity seemed most at home to you, from what you know of it through ‘recorded history’?

2. What culture of people in the past do you admire or hold value in?

3. If you could go back in time and observe a event in close detail, without being able to interact or change the past, what past event of historical significance would you choose?

(4&5) If you had a chance to rewrite history (not change it)…

4. Is there something you would add that you think is a more accurate retelling of history?

5. What would you rewrite that is totally Orwellian (fictional or half-truth), just to create a butterfly/ripple effect, for your own amusement/interests?

6. What is one event that is NOT connected to your lifetime (before birth) or your family’s personal history or interests (aka. Not connected to your intimate perspective), which you would like to change in terms of trying to create something positive from a hypothetical split-timeline of historical events?

7. In the same context as the above question #6: What perceived ‘negative events’ would you like to create more of in the past to change history, which can create net positive events in other areas? (EX: the rebound of the fish population in the oceans during WW2, or nature retaking the land from disasters that left it uninhabitable to people)

8. What era of humanity do you think is most ‘prosperous’ (to your subjective definition) in terms of your own opinion?

9. What ideas or ways of life that have been used in the past (which are now culturally forgotten from the general population’s awareness), do you think humanity could benefit from reigniting again, going forward into the future, especially in terms of changing conditions?

10. In your opinion, why do you think the past is different from the present? (Or the inverse question of similarity, if that is closer to your opinion)

11. What language outside of English and your native-learned language, do you think is the most intelligent by form? (by how it is used/structured to create purpose from the words, from authors who used it consciously to convey well thought out ideas)

12. What is the defining moment of historical significance, to your own reference or personal memory, that helps shape your own worldviews?

13. The unlucky question: What would you do to increase people’s attention spans and generate critical thinking skills, to the point that historical reference becomes important in people’s understanding of current events?

14. The trick question: Is education based on people asking questions, or from people making statements? How relevant are your truths if you didn’t have to work at it (dig deep) or understand anything to obtain them?

[everhopeful]

I would answer “Yes” to all questions.

[dreamer54]

Last question was “would you give me 1M$” btw

[dreamer54]

1. Now
2. the hippiez
3. Some concert in the past, prob. John Coltrane
4. I don’t think so
5. Nothing, I think
6. Change nothing
7. No
8. Now
9. The hippiez
10. It’s more or less the same. I believe that society is pendular.
11. What kind of question is that lol
12. Bush invading Iraq
13. Nothing
14. I guess a healthy mix of both…

[Schztuna]

@Pik4me

1. What time eras were your ‘Golden age’ where the history and humanity seemed most at home to you, from what you know of it through ‘recorded history’?

I am interested in the 1940s and 1960s- early ‘70s.

2. What culture of people in the past do you admire or hold value in?

I admire the way the Allied countries rallied together during WWII, as well as the “peace and love” mantra of the Hippie Movement in the ‘60s.

3. If you could go back in time and observe a event in close detail, without being able to interact or change the past, what past event of historical significance would you choose?

I would say probably Woodstock.

(4&5) If you had a chance to rewrite history (not change it)…

4. Is there something you would add that you think is a more accurate retelling of history?

I’d make sure more folks knew about the Japanese Interment Camps on American soil.

5. What would you rewrite that is totally Orwellian (fictional or half-truth), just to create a butterfly/ripple effect, for your own amusement/interests?

Not sure, but it’s an interesting question.

6. What is one event that is NOT connected to your lifetime (before birth) or your family’s personal history or interests (aka. Not connected to your intimate perspective), which you would like to change in terms of trying to create something positive from a hypothetical split-timeline of historical events?

Not sure.

7. In the same context as the above question #6: What perceived ‘negative events’ would you like to create more of in the past to change history, which can create net positive events in other areas? (EX: the rebound of the fish population in the oceans during WW2, or nature retaking the land from disasters that left it uninhabitable to people)

Definitely Nature reclaiming the Earth.

8. What era of humanity do you think is most ‘prosperous’ (to your subjective definition) in terms of your own opinion?

The 1990s seemed pretty stable IMO.

9. What ideas or ways of life that have been used in the past (which are now culturally forgotten from the general population’s awareness), do you think humanity could benefit from reigniting again, going forward into the future, especially in terms of changing conditions?

Living a bit more off the land, I think. Maybe bartering and exchanging of services as payment.

10. In your opinion, why do you think the past is different from the present? (Or the inverse question of similarity, if that is closer to your opinion)

There are common themes found throughout man’s history that keep repeating themselves— a big one being war.

11. What language outside of English and your native-learned language, do you think is the most intelligent by form? (by how it is used/structured to create purpose from the words, from authors who used it consciously to convey well thought out ideas)

Music.

12. What is the defining moment of historical significance, to your own reference or personal memory, that helps shape your own worldviews?

Probably 9/11… That was pretty major.

13. The unlucky question: What would you do to increase people’s attention spans and generate critical thinking skills, to the point that historical reference becomes important in people’s understanding of current events?

You’d have to make it a lesson in the form of entertainment— so probably something on Netflix .

14. The trick question: Is education based on people asking questions, or from people making statements? How relevant are your truths if you didn’t have to work at it (dig deep) or understand anything to obtain them?

Oh I think they’re related— somebody can make a statement and then another can question said statement. I think this is the point we’re at now— a lot of early scientists asked questions first and then made statements. It seems like it’s shifted to people just saying what they want and the public having to fact check afterwards. My two cents.

[LevelJ1]

Ill go with 2004-2008 but also 2012-2015

Also right now is an awesome time to be alive despite all the ■■■■ that goes on in the world

[Jinx]

I thought it would be cool to be a hunter gatherer in the ice age. I’d be the story teller around the fire at night. Or I’d be a medicine man. I’d give up books for that experience. I know it’s really hard but I think I could like it. Forty is elderly in that scenario. Lol

[77nick77]

All I know was that the 1980’s were the golden age of porn.

[broken]

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