11 February 2019 - no history future

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To say there is no future in history is to say that the future will have no history. It’s self-contradictory, or in other words, not strictly true. We may be entering a period when the duration of history that seems useful shrinks toward zero. When we leave that period, we’ll realize the illusion, if we haven’t grown complacent.

clue:

Compare 6 November 2010 and 27 April 2016. This Whale is about the S-curve of progress.

give me a clue so sweet and true

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