The video "what is history for? " argues that history matters because it provides solutions to the problems of the present. recall the statement "those who don't know history won't be able to improve the present." consider a recent event, either in your personal life or in the news. in a few sentences, describe a way that a past historical event could inform your understanding of the recent event. briefly describe a strategy for how you could be conscious of presentism the use of modern values to interpret past events in the study of those past events.