Historically Thinking

Episode 46: The History of the Future


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Historians have a pretty hard time figuring out the past; why should they also try to forecast the future? My guest on today’s podcast, Professor David Hochfelder, believes that, in fact, historians are uniquely qualified to forecast what comes next. In one recent interview Professor Hochfelder is quoted as saying that he’s never believed in “studying the past […]
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