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Agreed on the first sentence... I like history too (now I'm middle-aged). I see some benefit, but mostly that seems to be entertainment too. One perhaps can't separate the useful bits from the other bits.

Like, those who don't study history are doomed to repeat it. But, those who do are mostly doomed to watch from the sidelines as other people repeat it. And even the things that are possibly obviously bad ideas without historical analogues get done...