History was easier to manipulate or hide back then, however now because of the invention of the Internet the new age Renaissance may very well avoid such ugliness that man will ascend to have a beauty and elegance that has the attention of the life force.
Yes it is far from being boring, in fact it is almost an addiction to know those cultural ways that were corrupted and went awry in this last century. Now knowing the Vatican has secrets, secret bank accounts in the world, or our own secret government metadata to control behavior.
Our passion for the secrets our government officials use to make decisions yet kept secret we find is nothing more than the a regular pattern of the ancient profiteering, tyranny, greed, power, and in America now self-evident; selfishness is apparent and obnoxious in our Congress, Senate, and Supreme court.
Yes, we have a very powerful corrupt system. One were advanced mathematics could be taught freely every day in the simple public weather report. But it isnt, because that type of knowledge would give the citizen reasoning power to look beyond the charade of everyday breaking news and the next commercial break.
It is surprising more people dont go berserk. Or they are yet suppressed by the media or advanced University studies. Especially in medical issues where there is insanity that twenty military veterans commit suicide every day.
Or from my own experience knowing the United Health Care System directly connected to Medicare, and AARP is likely to have a bogus medical data base for diagnostic determinations.