Gregory Aldrete

The Huns tried to do it. The Mughals tried to do it. Victorian Britain tried to do it. The Russians tried to do it. The Americans tried to do it, and they made the very same mistakes over and over and over again.

The Huns tried to do it. The Mughals tried to do it. Victorian Britain tried to do it. The Russians tried to do it. The Americans tried to do it, and they made the very same mistakes over and over and over again.

And the two mistakes are not understanding the terrain, that it's a rocky, mountainous area that people can always hide in caves, and it's not understanding the fundamentally tribal nature of that area, that that's where the real allegiance is, is in these tribes. It's not in a centralized government.

And the two mistakes are not understanding the terrain, that it's a rocky, mountainous area that people can always hide in caves, and it's not understanding the fundamentally tribal nature of that area, that that's where the real allegiance is, is in these tribes. It's not in a centralized government.

And the two mistakes are not understanding the terrain, that it's a rocky, mountainous area that people can always hide in caves, and it's not understanding the fundamentally tribal nature of that area, that that's where the real allegiance is, is in these tribes. It's not in a centralized government.

And that's the same error Alexander made as the British made in the 19th century, as the Russians, as the Americans. And it's just, it's so depressing as a historian who studies history to see these things being repeated over and over again, and you know exactly what's gonna happen.

And that's the same error Alexander made as the British made in the 19th century, as the Russians, as the Americans. And it's just, it's so depressing as a historian who studies history to see these things being repeated over and over again, and you know exactly what's gonna happen.

And that's the same error Alexander made as the British made in the 19th century, as the Russians, as the Americans. And it's just, it's so depressing as a historian who studies history to see these things being repeated over and over again, and you know exactly what's gonna happen.

Yeah, it's a book that my wife and I wrote together. And it is trying to Make people understand how deeply rooted our current actions in almost every way, even things that we think are just truly unique parts of our culture or things that we think are just innate to human nature are actually rooted in the past. So there's another power of the past thing.

Yeah, it's a book that my wife and I wrote together. And it is trying to Make people understand how deeply rooted our current actions in almost every way, even things that we think are just truly unique parts of our culture or things that we think are just innate to human nature are actually rooted in the past. So there's another power of the past thing.

Yeah, it's a book that my wife and I wrote together. And it is trying to Make people understand how deeply rooted our current actions in almost every way, even things that we think are just truly unique parts of our culture or things that we think are just innate to human nature are actually rooted in the past. So there's another power of the past thing.

And this is just a long specific list of examples really. So I mean we go through government and education and intellectual stuff and art and architecture and a lot of things we've been talking about today. Language, culture, medicine, but even things like habits, the way we celebrate things, the way we get married. Our married rituals have all sorts of things in common with Roman weddings.

And this is just a long specific list of examples really. So I mean we go through government and education and intellectual stuff and art and architecture and a lot of things we've been talking about today. Language, culture, medicine, but even things like habits, the way we celebrate things, the way we get married. Our married rituals have all sorts of things in common with Roman weddings.

And this is just a long specific list of examples really. So I mean we go through government and education and intellectual stuff and art and architecture and a lot of things we've been talking about today. Language, culture, medicine, but even things like habits, the way we celebrate things, the way we get married. Our married rituals have all sorts of things in common with Roman weddings.

The calendar. The calendar. The words. We're using Julius Caesar's calendar. I mean, Pope Gregory did one tiny little twist, but Caesar's the one who basically came up with our current calendar with 365 days, 12 months, leap years, all that. So we're living in law. There's just no way to escape the power of the past.

The calendar. The calendar. The words. We're using Julius Caesar's calendar. I mean, Pope Gregory did one tiny little twist, but Caesar's the one who basically came up with our current calendar with 365 days, 12 months, leap years, all that. So we're living in law. There's just no way to escape the power of the past.

The calendar. The calendar. The words. We're using Julius Caesar's calendar. I mean, Pope Gregory did one tiny little twist, but Caesar's the one who basically came up with our current calendar with 365 days, 12 months, leap years, all that. So we're living in law. There's just no way to escape the power of the past.

What I believe very ardently is that you can't make good decisions in the present and you can't make good decisions about the future without understanding the past. And that's not just true with your own life, but it's in understanding others. So it's not only your own past you have to understand, but you have to understand other people, what's influencing them.

What I believe very ardently is that you can't make good decisions in the present and you can't make good decisions about the future without understanding the past. And that's not just true with your own life, but it's in understanding others. So it's not only your own past you have to understand, but you have to understand other people, what's influencing them.

What I believe very ardently is that you can't make good decisions in the present and you can't make good decisions about the future without understanding the past. And that's not just true with your own life, but it's in understanding others. So it's not only your own past you have to understand, but you have to understand other people, what's influencing them.