How do you actually "get into" history without taking a class? I tried watching documentaries of some subjects but I feel like it only gives me an incomplete picture. It isn't like a continuity in a fictional universe that you can follow one installment at a time and then know everything about. There is just too much happening at once to follow one country's events without knowing all the other country's events. I know much of the basics already but I want to start researching it in-depth.
>>370147
Read books then read more books.
Idk, I learned to code by reading C++ so I'm pretty spergy like that
>>370147
ever heard of a library?
>>370147
>How do I learn? Real life is not like my animes
Start with the Greeks
First of all, find a precise subject you want to learn about. Then to give you a vague idea of it watch documentaries. The read books, read documents about the subject on the internet and then try to ask yourself some kind of question. If we are talking about i dunno, communism, you can ask yourself things like "was it possible to have an economic system between communism and capitalism". Then thanks to that question you can have more precise thought about the subject ! ;)
>>370147
>It isn't like a continuity in a fictional universe that you can follow one installment at a time and then know everything about.
thats whats so cool about it
from an autistic view point its like a giant mmorpg with endless mechanics and events and you can learn more about it every day
books
>>370147
Just do wikipedia like the rest of us
>>370147
I remember it was my favorite subject going all the way back to about age six or seven, my dad would watch the history channel all the time and I got really drawn to the documentaries. From there it was reading wiki articles, watching old history channel documentaries and when I got my own job, picking up a couple of books. Games such as the Total War series and the Europa Universalis series also help to facilitate the fascination with history.
tl;dr Like most people here, I'm probably autistic.
>>370147
I want to prove that my country is better than other countries.
>>370147
read some books, you can find very good pdf´s
>>371698
100% Inheritance Tax is the answer ;)
>>372699
>being interested in something
>you are autistic
why
>>375821
You have to be pretty autistic to like history tbqh familia
>>375821
Sincerity is punishable by death in this brave new world
>>375572
>100% Inheritance Tax is the answer ;)
kek, no one would save money for their kids then.
>>375847
>implying that isn't a good thing
>>375857
Yeah, must be swell not being able to provide for your children because some socialist retard has a hard-on for state power.
>>370147
This is literally what universities are for.
>>375847
B-but the rick keep just getting richer and their kids are spoiled!
Oh but we want minorities to build generational wealth to rise out of poverty.
The plight of the far left.
>>375921
Tax the whites
>>375925
That seems to be more and more the rhetoric. Only rich white people acquired their wealth through ill gotten gains and all whites got rich from slavery and most white people in the US definitely didn't migrate from the UK, Ireland, and Germany post American civil war.
>>375935
>That seems to be more and more the rhetoric.
No it doesn't. Stop getting your news from /pol/.
>>375841
How is an interest in history autistic?
>>370147
Your approach sounds overly broad. You should focus on a subject, region, or time period of particular interest to you. Good books generally give sufficient review/background on "outside" events to obviate the need to consult a different source. If you don't want to invest that kind of time (and money) immediately, there are lectures posted on YouTube and university open course pages. If you're in college right now, sign up for a class with a well-regarded instructor in an area you like. The key is finding your passion.
>>375971
tbqh you sound actually autistic anon for taking that seriously
geez you fucking autist
>>375888
>provide for your children
They'll be adults by the time you die. Also it encourages spending to keep the economy chugging along
>>370147
Pick a topic and stick to it. Trying to learn all of history of all nations and peoples is an impossible task. Find a period and place that is interesting, read books focused on that and go from there.
JSTOR, Nature and other scientific journals.
Stay fucking away from popsci history.
>>377950
>tfw graduating this year and no more free jstor access
>>372699
Are you me?
>>370147
Read general books about history, and then dive into its main points and examples.
>>370147
>How do you actually "get into" history without taking a class? I tried watching documentaries of some subjects but I feel like it only gives me an incomplete picture.
This is a good intuition, the best way to go forward is to identify specific parts of your knowledge that are incomplete, go on wikipedia, read the sources and read the sources' sources until you feel better.
>>370147
>There is just too much happening at once to follow one country's events without knowing all the other country's events.
That's why you just pick something you like and learn about it, man. I love military history, so I can go on all day about how the Mongols pioneered maneuver warfare but god knows I don't know wtf Keynesian economics is or how the financial institutions led to the economic downturn post-WWI.
>>377770
>They'll be adults by the time you die.
There's no guarantee of this. Your idea is shit. People who work hard to give their children a better preposition should be allowed to do so.
>>370147
>How do you actually "get into" history without taking a class?
Have someone else who is into history that you can talk to.
Read the same book or watch the same film or play the same game or go to the same place.
Then talk about it, correct each other, discuss.
All learning should be done in pairs or groups. Which explains why I am as dumb as a rock, since I havent had a friend in a decade.
>>381326
Children are just parasites anyway
books (primary sources are more often than not public domain thus free to read).
wikipedia
just staying on /his/ for awhile
though you'll have to know exactly WHAT history you want to learn.
What history materials have you looked at already, OP?
You should figure out whether you like Pre-Modern history (before 1600) or Modern history better.
If you like modern history, maybe start with WW2. If you like pre-modern history, maybe start with the Greeks and Romans and then go onto the Middle Ages (1000 to 1500). Then the Vikings. Then go onto the Egyptians, then maybe the Mesopotamians.
Yeah, it's not chronological, but those are some of the most popular periods of history to learn about.
And I would echo another anon's sentiment about trying to find IRL history nerds to learn stuff from.
Don't worry about trying to read academic history works instead of popular works. Most history nerds only read popular works, only actual academics read "scholarly" works. There isn't even a good definition of what constitutes a scholarly work versus an academic work, most so called "popular" works are written by academics as well.
