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The world is going to end on January 19th, 2038.

Rick Riordan? Author of the Greek god book thing?
Well, also according to his books, gods exist.

lolpocalypse

Well, Y2K was different. It had scientific backing and was entirely possible.
And yes, of course we learn from history. We learn from history all the time. Economists look at the rises and falls of the economy in the past, look at the circumstances in which they happened, learn from them, and then make smart investments based on circumstances today according to the circumstances of tomorrow. Sociologists look at social disturbances in the past, study why they happened, and provide information on how to avoid them. Attorneys examine similar cases in history to look at mistakes previous lawyers have made, and hopefully avoid them. In fact, every single one of our brains are hardwired to learn from history and one's mistakes. Plenty of intellectuals have tried to warn the general public about an upcoming event that has happened in the past. The biggest problem is that most people do not care enough to listen to them, or are too stupid to comprehend. So it's not "we don't learn from history", it's "I don't learn from history". One cannot blame society as a whole for one, or a part's ignorance and disinterest.

On January 19th, 2038, all computer systems that function on Unix time will reach the end of time. End of their time, at least. At that point, they will either crash or skip back to December 13th, 1901. That causes problems. We've learned from Y2K on how to quickly implement updates to fix these problems and raise public attention. Numerous software updates that remedy the Y2038 problem are already released. We learned from history.

You want to learn from history? Watch that boring channel, about politics or economics, and see those predictions happen. Look through the parts of your library that you haven't glanced to before, to sociology or criminology. Granted, the largest figures, such as the presidents, act rash and misaligned with history sometimes. But the only reason one would say "We don't learn from History" is that one does not know that we learn from history.
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