Q: Why would you want to give away all this neat information for free?

A: Take your pick:

1. I'm just being selfless and generous. I want to give something to the world, and information gathering is what I'm good at, so that's what I'm giving back.
2. I'm pontificating and propagandizing in front of a global audience. Whoever controls the study of history, controls the future, therefore I can manipulate how you view the recent past by being selective with my facts.
3. I'm fishing for a job offer or a charitable grant.
4. I would be studying history, scribbling notes and sketching maps anyway -- just for fun -- so either I can stuff them into a shoe box and forget about them or I can show them to people. I choose to show them to people.
5. How can I know whether I really understand a subject until I open my understanding to public criticism?
6. Who would pay for this?

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