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Some people believe that we cannot learn anything from the past for our life today, while others believe that history is a valuable source of information to understand Humans life. Discuss both views and give your opinion.

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In the current times, there are people who say that the past has nothing valuable to teach us, while others might argue that there is a lot to learn from the past. The world of today is very different from the world of yesterday, and not everything from it is applicable to nowadays,
however
, it could be unwise to ignore the past, since
it
it is
it's
 shaped the present. The world of the past is very different from the present, because of that, it is possible to think that there is nothing valuable we can get out of it.
For example
: the economic systems that changed a lot throughout history, science that answers many questions that religion once did, industrial production that replaced
craftwork
, and many more. With so many differences, it is reasonable to believe past
informations
a message received and understood
information
 are not valuable. Even though, we cannot forget that the present is what it is today because of the past. All the achievements and discoveries of the past formed the current days. Beyond that, many human behaviours are still the same, as war, religiousness, search for wealth and more, are still the same as they were many hundreds of years ago. In my
opinion the
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opinion, the
 past is very valuable, it
formed how
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formed, how
 humanity is today, but if we want to get out the best of past
informations
a message received and understood
information
, we should
also
 look at the present, and compare them, so we can determine cause and effect, and like that, be able to find solutions to modern day societies. In conclusion, it is easy to assume the past cannot help us, since it is impossible to find all solutions in it, but that doesn't mean we cannot find any. The best we can do it is to look to both the past and present, to figure out the best solutions for the future.

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