We should concentrate on the present and the future. We have little to learn from the past. How far do you agree with this statement?

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‘We should concentrate on the present and the future. We have little to learn from the past.’ How far do you agree with this statement?

A majority of people concentrate their lives on the present and future because they do not think the past is not as important as other two. So humans always cannot remember what things have happened to them well. However, the past is a path that leads us to the present and future. That is why I am strongly appealing to this argument.

First of all, if we did not have the past, we won’t be able to learn a lot of things from the past. For example, Greek people discovered maths and science and we are still using formulas and methods. That is why we have amazingly modernized technology, which can be used in different things and are continuously improving skills base on the past. Moreover, we have been predicting what will happen next by tracking back to the past. For instance, we observe the data and make a prediction using a pattern, which has been created over a few years.

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 It shows how political systems began and fell apart and many other things. With learning this information and the who, what, when , where, and why and how of past events it can be used as a way to make educated guesses as to how political systems, economic systems, and so on will or may react in the future. It teaches people how to think critically about events and helps us to understand what it is to be human. One good example of why history is important is India and Pakistan, why are they like they are today? To answer ...

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