Primarily, that what we learn from history, is that we do not learn from history.
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Thought it would be a kick to check out the ends of the ice age around 12345 B.C.E. but it truly was a darker time. I couldn't find a signal to send pics to my friends, nor could I get a GPS lock to find the nearest Starbucks so I could warm up. Awesome snow on the slopes but I would still only rate this period 5/10. Please work harder on your hospitality.
I've been shocked by the way people will believe violent Demagogues who convince them horrible things are okay if they're doing them for the benefit of their group of people.
The number of conspiracy theories people of the past were willing to believe about queer folk, foreign people and anyone who didn't conform is absolutely staggering.
Glad we out grew that.
I've only ever bothered going in one directions - forwards. Nothing crazy 1s/s. I'd say things are getting better and better. People are still people, but they're fighting shit that's more and more trivial. I see that as a great sign as it means the previous, bigger, more serious issues have gone away.
Ah yes, progressive 15th-century Catholics would be cautiously happy if their child freely chose to marry a Protestant; progressive 21st-century Americans would be cautiously happy if their child freely chose to marry a Republican.
The smell
The Hitler stuff is so annoying in this one. Societies without time travel keep complaining about killing Hitler… have you been to a timeline without Hitler? Count your Hitlers, people, really. Also I know the time traveler’s convention a few years ago won’t have punch, so I don’t want to go but want to go.
I’m honestly shocked at how soon the sapient insects displaced humanity and subjugated what remained. Here’s a hint: the second digit in the year I visited is still a zero
I too, visited 0020000024
So the year 10000000000000000000000 then...?
Definitely how fast the humans died out. I thought they will hold on for longer but nope, folded real quick. The next intelligent species was similar and only the one after that was more successful. Then again it makes sense that species that evolved on the moon will not take earth for granted.
Everything gets done so mind-bogglingly slowly! There's always someone you have to talk, who has to talk to someone else. Bureaucratic processes often end up taking hours or days!! I knew to expect this - but experiencing it firsthand is a shock. How do people get anything done? They've computerized some things which helps. But every interface and every database schema has to be designed by a human which I'm told is expensive and takes even longer.
For most eras, how hard it was to make a good sandwich. And I'm not just talking about the past.