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why study history?
1) Learn organizational skills:
How to take a bunch of disparate facts, organize them
In a way which makes those facts coherent...
And then spit out
An argument about those disparate facts
One which is convincing to other people.
That's a ridiculously useful skill to have.
The "we impose ourselves on the past" argument only really applies to shitty arguments,
Being biased doesn't matter, but a bias which makes an argument unconvincing does.
2) There are concepts in history which everyone can relate to:
How do people deal with authority?
How do people construct belief?
How do people relate to one another in a given social environment?
History's a relatively safe construction zone for answering the above.
......
I could probably construct something similar for stripping:
you'll get over the "we impose ourselves on the audience" argument and realize the limited extent of self-commodification
how is your self-image defined? what's the role of others in so defining it?
seduction is ridiculously useful, and stripping professionally is a relatively safe way to learn how to seduce
looks great on your resume.
...
professional hobo-ing still wins out though.
...
...
heh, you = stripper.
oh, and here:
How to take a bunch of disparate facts, organize them
In a way which makes those facts coherent...
And then spit out
An argument about those disparate facts
One which is convincing to other people.
That's a ridiculously useful skill to have.
The "we impose ourselves on the past" argument only really applies to shitty arguments,
Being biased doesn't matter, but a bias which makes an argument unconvincing does.
2) There are concepts in history which everyone can relate to:
How do people deal with authority?
How do people construct belief?
How do people relate to one another in a given social environment?
History's a relatively safe construction zone for answering the above.
......
I could probably construct something similar for stripping:
you'll get over the "we impose ourselves on the audience" argument and realize the limited extent of self-commodification
how is your self-image defined? what's the role of others in so defining it?
seduction is ridiculously useful, and stripping professionally is a relatively safe way to learn how to seduce
looks great on your resume.
...
professional hobo-ing still wins out though.
...
...
heh, you = stripper.
oh, and here:
posted by halfmath # 9:52 PM 
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