There have been different arguments over the possible impacts of history on the modern society. While many people believe that information from the past has no effect on today's generation, I would argue that it is reasonable to consider history as a vital source of knowledge in the progression of the humanity. On the one hand, it is thought that studying history is fruitless as it is merely a set of past events. Firstly, in the ever-changing world, human activities now happen in an entirely different manner compared to the past. Therefore, historical data and experiences appear to play no role in decision making or predicting the future. Secondly, there is no firm evidence for the accuracy of the historical information due to people's biased judgments and lack of a data storage system. If some information about the historical events were wrong, people would have an incorrect understanding of the past society and culture. On the other hand, I would side with those who th...