> To have countries not repeat mistakes like this would need a new approach?
The old approach is the best approach. Novels and movies are a good way of passing this information in a way that appeals to our intelligence and to our feelings.
And I'm not only talking about "Schindler's List", but also on the topics in X-Men commercial movies.
What we can't experience ourselves, we can learn it from books and movies. Oral history did that for millennia, and it survived in myths and religion even beyond it was intended. Each time you recommend a good book that teaches a lesson, you are part of that chain of shared knowledge.
The old approach is the best approach. Novels and movies are a good way of passing this information in a way that appeals to our intelligence and to our feelings.
And I'm not only talking about "Schindler's List", but also on the topics in X-Men commercial movies.
What we can't experience ourselves, we can learn it from books and movies. Oral history did that for millennia, and it survived in myths and religion even beyond it was intended. Each time you recommend a good book that teaches a lesson, you are part of that chain of shared knowledge.