Imagine if our history would be different | Markku Jokisipilä | TEDxTurku скачать в хорошем качестве

Imagine if our history would be different | Markku Jokisipilä | TEDxTurku

Counterfactual history, i.e. pondering on different “what if” -scenarios is a favourite pastime of Markku. How would the events have folded out if the choices had been different? Would things have turned out for the better or worse? Toying around with these kind of scenarios stimulates our imagination and is often very entertaining. One must ask, however, are there some historical events that are too grievous to speculate upon? Markku Jokisipilä is a finnish historian and a Doctor of Political Sciences. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx