> On February 16, 2015 at 8:25 PM Hendrik Boom <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 07:34:57PM -0500, Peter Olson wrote: > > “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. _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list [email protected] https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
