Is this The End?
“A history professor once told me that there are two ways we learn: you can put your hand on the hot stove, or you can hear tales of people who already did that and how it turned out for them.”
“While much of what follows is rather dark, looking at history has a way of putting our circumstances in better perspective. Hearing about what, for example, people dealt with as their cities were carpet-bombed or while enduring monstrous medieval plagues has a way of making your problems seem small. Premodern dentistry alone is enough to convince me things are pretty good now, no matter what.”
~ Dan Carlin, The End is Always Near
Dan Carlin is a radio host, news reporter, columnist, and as an amateur historian has delivered a series of successful podcasts titled “Hardcore History”, in which he recounts with vigor and detail different events in human history, and brings them to life to a modern listener in a manner that is extraordinarily compelling and fascinating. In my opinion, his are some of the best podcasts available today. The most gripping retelling of World War I stories I’ve heard.
That said, I was pleasantly surprised to hear he had put some of his skills onto paper in book form, with the provocative title, The End is Always Near. The obvious hook is that many people are looking at our current state of affairs and seeing the end times. Storms, pandemics, riots, etc. He doesn’t drive you to one conclusion or another – as an outstanding storyteller, he simply recounts different times in history when humankind has felt this way. And there are many.
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“While much of what follows is rather dark, looking at history has a way of putting our circumstances in better perspective. Hearing about what, for example, people dealt with as their cities were carpet-bombed or while enduring monstrous medieval plagues has a way of making your problems seem small. Premodern dentistry alone is enough to convince me things are pretty good now, no matter what.”
~ Dan Carlin, The End is Always Near
Dan Carlin is a radio host, news reporter, columnist, and as an amateur historian has delivered a series of successful podcasts titled “Hardcore History”, in which he recounts with vigor and detail different events in human history, and brings them to life to a modern listener in a manner that is extraordinarily compelling and fascinating. In my opinion, his are some of the best podcasts available today. The most gripping retelling of World War I stories I’ve heard.
That said, I was pleasantly surprised to hear he had put some of his skills onto paper in book form, with the provocative title, The End is Always Near. The obvious hook is that many people are looking at our current state of affairs and seeing the end times. Storms, pandemics, riots, etc. He doesn’t drive you to one conclusion or another – as an outstanding storyteller, he simply recounts different times in history when humankind has felt this way. And there are many.
Continued at https://gregoryswilliams.com/f/is-thi...
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