he speaks about the power of bloodletting as a medical practice. It’s entirely possible that–two hundred pages from now–I will find myself describing what “food” is, and explaining that food is what we put in our mouths in order to avoid starvation, and arguing that we will always talk about food as something that exists. Because this is–or should be–why we invest time into thinking about anything that isn’t essential or practical or imperative.History is a creative process (or as Napoleon Bonaparte once said, “a set of lies agreed upon”).It’s nice to think that the weirdos get to decide what matters about the past, since it’s the weirdos who care the most.A reasonable person expects subjective facts to be overturned, because subjective facts are not facts, they’re just well-considered opinions, held by multiple people at the same time.You can say, “I suspect a conspiracy,” and you can say, “I have a theory.” But you can’t say, “I have a conspiracy theory.” Because if you do, it will be assumed that even you don’t entirely believe the conspiracy you’re theorizing about.Conflicting conceptions of “reality” have no impact on Compared to traditional athletics, video game culture is much closer to the (allegedly) enlightened world we (supposedly) want to inhabit.But different worlds are created all the time, and the world we’re currently building does not reasonable intersect with the darker realities of team sports. Not because it’s always wrong, but because it sometimes is.

The sheer amount of information about every current idea makes those concepts difficult to contradict, particularly in a framework where public consensus has become the ultimate arbiter of validity. That the so-called ‘wisdom’ of the present is often embarrassingly wrong and nothing illustrates this better than medicine.

The book's conceit is a good one: What will mat Every time I read an essay by Chuck Klosterman -- and, given my interest in music and pop culture, I've read a number of them -- I'm struck by his self-deprecating tone. Do you think it finally occurred to Seneca as he was forced to commit suicide using basically that exact methodology just how absurd the practice was?The point is (and it’s a point well made in Chuck Klosterman’s book ) that we should always be questioning the status quo—and majority opinion.

“Chuck Klosterman is no time traveler, but he’s got a lot of ideas about how the future will shake out .

He speaks of the treatment for ophthalmia—inflammation of the eye—and how doctors treated it with a bit of egg yolk. In other words, we’re starting to behave as if we’ve reached the end of human knowledge.

It will more likely derive from our uncompromising belief in the things we consider unimpeachable and idealized and beautiful. Please check your entries and try again.Something went wrong.

“Chuck Klosterman is no time traveler, but he's got a lot of ideas about how the future will shake out .

So too do history and ethics.

Don’t be too attached to anything. In one, he actually remarks—with some superiority—how earlier generations had not yet discovered bloodletting and suffered for it.

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Please check your entries and try again. Content and concepts. It’s interesting that the Stoics, who were so good at extrapolating out from the past, didn’t take a lesson from this—that so much of what we are certain about today will be disproven in the future.

Because every strength is a weakness, if given enough time.The importance of any given memory was validated by the fact that someone remembered it at all.When you’re a little kid, you feel an almost ethical obligation to root for whoever is best at whatever it is they happen to do; all little kids are bandwagon front-runners.Sports are among the increasingly rare moments of totally unscripted television.I’m ready for a new tomorrow, but only if it’s pretty much like yesterday. We also know that his doctor Galen gave Marcus opium for various pains and illnesses in old age.

Below is an excerpt from Klosterman's "But What If We're Wrong? By Chuck Klosterman. The sheer amount of information about every current idea makes those concepts difficult to … Not because it’s wrong, but because it sometimes is. I almost anticipate it. Much of what we think makes us vastly more informed than the generation of our parents will not hold up well by the time our children are our age. The point is (and it’s a point well made in Chuck Klosterman’s book But What If We’re Wrong?) I almost anticipate it.We live in an age where virtually no content is lost and virtually all content is shared.

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“There are two circumstances that lead to arrogance: one is when you're wrong and you can't face it; the other is when you're right and nobody else can face it.” ― … Needless to say, none of these treatments are accepted or prescribed anymore. Seneca thought he was superior to his fellow Romans … Quotes and Lines. . it becomes, frankly, annoying. And why do I want to do this? We want a pain-free world where everyone is the same, even if they are not. Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past is a 2016 non-fiction book by American author and essayist Chuck Klosterman. . hints at some other medical practices.

Take it as fact that much of what we think we know will be proven wrong. That can’t happen if we’re still keeping score.Storytelling’s relationship with history is a little like interviewing’s relationship with journalism: a flawed process without a better alternative.The first moment someone calls for revolution is usually the last moment I take them seriously.The ultimate failure of the United States will probably not derive from the problems we see or the conflicts we wage.

that we should always be questioning the status quo—and majority opinion.

I’ve spent most of my life being wrong.