Re:We used to sleep twice each night
by snowwrestler on Saturday April 13, 2013 @11:53PM
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Why document something that everyone does? History is captured in sources like published news, government statistics, personal letters, etc. A personal behavior that is widely understood would not necessarily be newsworthy enough to capture in any of those places.
This is a real problem for historians: unusual occurrences are usually well-documented in permanent media; everyday life usually is not.
This is a real problem for historians: unusual occurrences are usually well-documented in permanent media; everyday life usually is not.