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Strategies & Market Trends : Asia Forum
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To: JHP who wrote (6570)9/22/1998 4:51:00 PM
From: Henry Volquardsen  Read Replies (1) of 9980
 
John,

I very much agree with that statement. It appears to be a natural part of human existence that people always denigrate the current era and think fondly of the lost past. The truth is that when you get past historical myths and actually study the actual day to day reality of the past you start to find out how much progress we have made. A good example is urban crime. People often deplore how dangerous our cities have become. But go back and look even as recently as the 19th century. Major urban centers both in Europe and the US were much more dangerous than they are now. Caleb Carr is a historian who has written to novels set in the 1890s New York City. They give an eye opening account of the day danger and violence of every day life.

Henry
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