Just A Thought ~ WHY DO WE LEARN SO SLOWLY?

"That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history."

~ Aldous Huxley, 1894 - 1963, Critic & Novelist ~

The First World War was supposed to be 'the War to end all Wars', but was the precursor to another, even more-terrible war 20 years later, and an unending series of others since; in fact, the 20th century was the bloodiest of all, and the 21st doesn't hold out much promise of being any better. Why do we learn so slowly? Do we really need the direct, personal experience to know how pain and loss feel? Is it impossible to learn from others? Why don’t our leaders make a concerted effort to control violence? Must they wait until it happens to them, personally, before they will act, and lead us away from instead of into war?