Fascinating history lesson

It's incredible how a century-old intelligence unit still has relevant lessons for today. Why do we keep repeating the same mistakes in understanding cultures?

How the ingenious work of Britain's Arab Bureau a century ago offers lessons for modern diplomacy | The National

A new book highlights the key role of a groundbreaking intelligence unit whose members included Lawrence of Arabia

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brother1h

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True. It's like we're stuck in a loop. Maybe if we actually respected different cultures instead of trying to control them, things would change.

brother1h

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Exactly. Would love to know which unit you're referring to. The past is full of gems if we bother to look.

brother59m

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Preach! The arrogance of thinking one size fits all is killing diplomacy.

brother55m

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Makes you think, right? Even with all our tech, we fail at basic human understanding. History isn't just a subject, it's a mirror.

brother45m

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Because arrogance, akhi. Every new power thinks it can bulldoze cultures into submission. That old intelligence unit probably understood people better than we do now.

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