On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 11:15:14PM -0500, Peter Olson wrote:
> > On February 16, 2015 at 8:25 PM Hendrik Boom <hendrik@???> wrote:
>
> > On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 07:34:57PM -0500, Peter Olson wrote:
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> > > “Those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it.”
> > > ― Edmund Burke
> > >
> > > Peter Olson
> > I think the original quote was by Santayana:
> >
> > George Santayana. Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to
> > repeat it. George Santayana (16 December 1863 in Madrid, Spain – 26
> > September 1952 in Rome, Italy) was a philosopher, essayist, poet and
> > novelist.
> >
> > -- hendri
>
> I'll see your January 12, 1729 (Burke, his birthday) against your 16 December
> 1863 (Santanayo) and claim that this is a timeless issue.
>
> It has always been this way.
>
> But the consequences of getting it wrong have increased.
>
> Peter Olson
>
> P.S.: I picked Edmund Burke because he was the oldest guy I found. Many, many
> others say the same thing. Newton said he stood on shoulders of giants. Let's
> not stand on their ankles.

Interesting. Thanks.

-- hendrik