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Learning abaut the past has no value for those of us living in the present. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

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In
this
 period of modernity, many people believe that history is a non-essential subject that has no value in
this
 era. In my opinion, I strongly disagree with
this
 notion and my opinion will be discussed in
further
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also
 tells them not to repeat past mistakes. To cite an example, after seeing world war I and
II
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 impact globally, many nations came together and formed a global peace accord to stop
this
 from happening in the future.
Furthermore
, most of the technology we see today
,
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 comes from learning from past inventions and
then
 improving them step by step to reach the point where we are today.
Hence
, our past has an absolute connection with our bright future or present. Explaining some
of
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another
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 supporting
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 against
this
 statement, it is true that history builds empathy through studying the lives and struggles of others. Studying the diversity of human experience helps us to appreciate cultures, traditions and ideas that are not our own.
As a result
, It helps us to realize how different our living experience is from
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our ancestors, yet how similar we are in our goals and values. In conclusion, the past has many layers and the more we explore, the more we can grow. I believe that the aforementioned points are strongly supporting my viewpoint.
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