issue54 历史的价值，有点长，有兴趣地dx帮忙看看吧！

happyman2000UID: 136936

Issue 54 history teaches us only one thing: knowing about the past cannot help people make important decision today.
历史只教会我们做一件事：了解过去并不能帮助今天的人们在重大的事情上做决定 。

Undoubtedly it is true that the current world is quite different from the past with the rapid progress of society, but one shouldn’t go too far to allege that knowing about the past does little to make important decision today. Several critical benefits from studying history make it absolutely necessary for us to frequently look back to the past for useful guidance and wisdom.

For one thing, the current originates from the past; what happens today is generally the result or reoccurrence of the yesterday. Learning the past, therefore, can greatly improve our understanding over the contemporary world, which is very critical to ensure qualified decisions. Without a glimpse to the history of relationship between the Jew and the Islam, one cannot understand such a strong hatred underlying in Israel and the Arab world against each other. And without a investigation into the traditional culture of Japan, one would have no possibility to understand why the Japanese enterprise places so much emphasis on cooperation between individuals or enterprises while the rest of the world highlight the role of competition. In a word, the more one learns the past, the deeper one understands the current and the more possibly one could make an effective decision today. To grasp this point, one shouldn’t go too far to see the case of Carlos Ghosn, the CEO of Nissan who was born in Brazil and educated with western culture of management but have successfully prevented Nissan from going to bankrupt and revitalized this famous automobile manufacturer in only three years. According to Ghosn, one of his keys to success should be attributed to his deep comprehension over the merits and shortcomings in the traditions of Japanese management, which help him make many critical decisions in the process of reforming Nissan.

Learning the past not only can help people understand the current better and therefore enhance the effectiveness of their decisions, but also can provide people today with some direct and useful guidance in the form of experience, principles or applied philosophy and so on. During the past thousands of years, our ancestors have accumulated countless of knowledge which is still valuable for the current life. Take the famous military writing “the art of warship”, written by ancient Chinese author SunZi who lived more than two thousand years ago, for example. Although this great work primarily concerned with the ancient war, it has generalized many universal principles still useful today. Due to the nonesuch wisdom and practicality in these principles, this work has been widely designated as a textbook in almost all military schools through the world. Chairman Mao, the former leader of China, has ever used the military principles in that work to defeat all his military opponents including America in the Korean War. It is also reported that the American commanders often read “the art of warship” during the Iraq War occurred several months ago. Even some successful Japanese entrepreneurs also say they often turn to that military book for enlightenment and wisdom. All above vividly indicate that many essences of human civilization in the past are still practical and useful to help the modern people make important decisions.   

Last but not the least, as Bacon has pointed out, one of benefits of studying history is to make people wise; undoubtedly this gain in the respect of intelligence and mentality can be contributed to the effectiveness of people’s daily decisions. People today have long downplayed this role of history in honing and shaping their intelligence; they place too much emphasis on the development of rationalism and scientism, unduly believing science can resolve any problem. Under this kind of educational environment, people’s ability of logic reasoning and scientific calculating may get a significant improvement, but there is little progress in their holistic or strategical thinking. That is to say, science fails to bring the modern people the desired improvement on intelligence and wisdom. That is why human today often make some stupid mistakes again and again. However, studying history can provide human with an outlet through which people can obtain a substantial enhancement in intelligence and wisdom. This ability combined with logic and scientific thinking will bring about the most efficiency and effectiveness in people’s making decisions.  

In conclusion,太长了，不写了……..（705 words）

gambellUID: 122696

MY GOD!!
705，看得眼晕
先粘回去慢慢看，有毅力改完了的话再发上来，没办法，小猫上网
再次PF,从来都PF字数多的人。

paisleyUID: 64183

恩，刚才喝了一点酒，现在难受得要死。所以头脑不是特别清楚，说得不一定对。

前面两个论点挺好的。最后一个我感觉稍微有点偏，因为只能说是读历史的好处，却不能说这是直接有益于现代的决策。当然关系还是扯得上的，因为使人聪明了就能更好地做决策呗。我觉得可能写得短一点更好，一则不要偏离，二则也节约时间。

我再补充一个：人性。我认为其实古今的差异多在科学技术方面，连制度方面也不能说有很大的进步。至于人性更是不曾有丝毫的改变。（制度也是从人性而来）。做决策时对人性的把握是非常必要的，包括当时的政治气候、今后的潜在机会、人们可能的反应等等，无一不与人性有关。而了解人性最好的方式就是读史。

其实每次我看一些历史书，总想拍案：历史与今天真是惊人的相似！不是拾人牙慧，是真真实市的感受！

happyman2000UID: 136936

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我再补充一个：人性。我认为其实古今的差异多在科学技术方面，连制度方面也不能说有很大的进步。至于人性更是不曾有丝毫的改变。（制度也是从人性而来）。做决策时对人性的把握是非常必要的，包括当时的政治气候、今后的潜在机会、人们可能的反应等等，无一不与人性有关。而了解人性最好的方式就是读史。

其实每次我看一些历史书，总想拍案：历史与今天真是惊人的相似！不是拾人牙慧，是真真实市的感受
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同意你的评论，我的第三段写得不好。
学习历史对人性的改造的确有巨大的作用。也同意今天与过去的区别仅在于知识的积累，人类在智力和人性方面几乎没有任何进步。历史与今天就是惊人的相似！

gambellUID: 122696

仔细看了一下，应该说是欣赏了你的文章，与其说是改，不如说是学习，特别是2，3段，佩服啊。
观点和paisley JJ（喝酒的女人，强）差不多，感觉第四段不对劲，好像对于第四段的用法大家都有点茫然，建议开一个专门讨论的贴子，建议斑竹

还有几点需要补充：对于第三段，例子太多显得说理不够充分，chairman mao的例子太敏感了吧，对于history如何影响并有益于今日的决定可以展开一些，我是分成功的和不成功的分开谈了谈，还有对于历史要避免盲从我也谈了一下，毕竟时间多少改变了一些在过去的历史事件中的关键因素，比如伦理道德界限的变宽，等等

语言我觉得真棒，没什么好改的，我还摘抄了不少咧，没有版权吧，你是怎么提高的呢，就要考试了，紧张啊

小仙女UID: 139476

好强哦，居然可以写出这么多，还有那么多例子。我总是拿着题，特没有感觉。
有几个疑问和建议：我也同意毛的例子不太好，BY THE WAY，KOREAN WAR不是老彭带着我们打的吗？关于老美对伊拉克战争的问题，不是有人出来避谣了吗？到底《孙子兵法》对他们有没有影响啊？这个例子我都不敢用，甚至在上个学习写选修课《孙子兵法》的论文时，呵呵。再是，论点问题，是否还是要说一下今天做重大决定还需结合当今实际，不能盲从历史啊。
第一次发表对人家文章的评论，虽然早就有这个想法。
一直很想加入大家的讨论，也想贴上自己的文章，可是总觉得拿不出手，呵呵，于是总是来转转，多多向各位学习。不过，我一直在努力中哦。

happyman2000UID: 136936

多谢二位的评论！
第四段的确没说清楚，当时主要是觉得文章太长，想压缩字数，故而一些话没说清楚。
关于例子，我都是随手想到的，也没有考证。
朝鲜战争虽不是老毛亲手指挥的，但战争的总体战略与方针还是他定的。再说了，老美哪知道彭德怀是何许人也！