Self-deception, historic recurrence, and the wisdom of Rudyard Kipling

“As it will be in the future, it was at the birth of Man.”

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What if social progress is just an illusion? What if we are stuck in an endless cycle of events?

It’s not a new idea. Theories about historic recurrence have circulated for thousands of years. Among all the different views…