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Hide and seek

Posted on Dec 11, 2025 by Henning Michael Møller Just

Sometimes we need reminding that our present Western world is a historical anomaly. Most forms of play are in some way practise for skills that might be useful in life. For the majority of human history it was totally normal … Continue reading →

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History

Posted on May 11, 2025 by Henning Michael Møller Just

[…] our concept of the past is constructed with a lot of missing pieces. And if our understanding of fairly recent times has gaps, imagine how big the holes are going back hundreds or thousands of years. This is not … Continue reading →

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History

Posted on Nov 5, 2020 by Henning Michael Møller Just

It’s a funny thing; the saying is that history repeats itself. The origin of the saying is more precise, in George Santayana’s words: Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. I like to think of it like this: … Continue reading →

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Toppling statues

Posted on Jun 10, 2020 by Henning Michael Møller Just

The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there. — L.P. Hartley, The Go-Between I understand why some people would want to tear down the celebration of a person or a group that did some very bad things. … Continue reading →

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