Monthly Archives: February 2019

Writing history

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I have known for some time that studies of prehistory depend heavily on archaeology and earth science, which began to develop most seriously in the 19th century and 20th century. I had not begun to seriously develop those periods, but I am starting to go through them going through them as an aid to study of prehistory. Studies of prehistory also depend heavily on academic institutions and scholarly heritage in Western Civilization. I have been conducting a review of the history of Western Civilization, in hopes of filling in the details of academic and scholarly history. One of the things I accomplished in the last few months was the connection of biographical pages to Anglic history. It has long been one of my goals to use these biographical figures to fill in details of history. This allows me to get a picture of important developments. I don’t have many of these in antiquity or classical and medieval history, but modern history, starting with the 16th century and 17th century, is coming along nicely. I am also connecting biographies of Latin peoples with the intention of doing a similar review.

Biology

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I am finding that working in prehistory is more satisfying than trying to track current events, so I’ve been trying to expand the examination of the earliest periods. This is requiring that I look more into the development of science, particularly biology. Since I had set this aside for a long while, there’s a certain satisfaction in getting back to it.

Growling

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WordPress hates me. It tried to lock me out so I had to reset the password. I understand that it hates everybody, so at least I don’t need to be lonely.

Today’s work revealed a bunch of continuing wars and conflicts in Africa and the Middle East, which gives me something to look for in previous weeks and months. But then, I already know that. The goal is to get more specific detail. I have decided to move information about the 2020 presidential campaign to the next 5 years, since the election is beyond the 1-year horizon.

 

Really? That long?

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Have I really not posted on the blog since October?
Alright, I did drop working on the future in favor of going back to prehistory. But I recently decided to switch back to the present and work on current events some.
I am not working much on the far future or middle future. The near future is being connected. I don’t have much for the next 5 years. Within the next year, the major anticipated event is the US 2020 Presidental election. President Trump is already campaigning for re-election. On Sarah Hoyt’s blog, one of the commenters referred to the crowded field last election cycle, and mentioned 76 Unknowns. It seems appropriate. I didn’t even try following this last time, but the Knowledge Base has developed enough that I can give it a try this time.
Looking ahead in the next month, Brexit negotiations and another Summit meeting between President Trump and North Korea are anticipated.
Modern history is being connected to more cities. For the 20th century I am reviewing Asiatic peoples, and for the early 21st century I am reviewing Latin peoples. The late 2010s are being connected to cities.
Current events, those of 2019, are a month behind. So far, there are references to earlier events in the 20th century, since World War II, and I will be looking into these a little. The connections to nations and peoples are not yet very broad. Western Civilization is dominated by Anglic peoples. So far, political events in the United States are getting most attention, followed political events in Venezuela. I will be looking deeper into both religion and government, although government has more associated events.
I wanted to go to LTUE again this year, but car repairs this last fall were too costly and ate my savings. I have also not put much attention into creative endeavors, so I don’t have as much to show as I wanted. Hopefully I can go next year.