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Author: EdEd Date: May 20, 2008 14:21
"rst0wxyz" yahoo.com> wrote in message
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On May 20, 7:33 am, "Ed" fishinthe.net> wrote:> "Jim Walsh" gmNOail.com> wrote
>>> China has been a recognizable civilization for about 5,000 years. For
>> much
>> of
>> that time it was equal to or advanced relative to the other
>> civilizations
>> on
>> the Earth. In that context, the 4 or 500 years since 1500 are only 10%%
>> of
>> the
>> story.
>
> The most important 10%%. Now is always more important than then even if
> things that happened then affect the now.
> Whether or not they were equal to or more advanced than others 500 or
> 1,000
> or more years ago they were still not very well off. I'm guessing that
> you're posting from one of the two cultural groups these messages have
> been
> going out to. Here, at mimf, the past is of little or no importance.
Of course, the past is important. The past tells us where we have
been, how we progress to today's society. We spend a lot of money to
learn the past. The museums spent a lot of money to dig and learn
more of the past. Our universities have huge history departments with
big staffs. We spent a lot of time learning of the past.
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As an investor, it's not important to me. I agree, I think way too much
money is wasted on the past.
Someone was ignorant enough to include misc.invest.mutual-funds in their
choice of newsgroups. I have no interest in what some Chinese farmer was
doing 700 years ago. Yawn.
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