People take the longest possible paths, digress to numerous dead ends, and make all kinds of mistakes. Then historians come along and write summaries of this messy, nonlinear process and make it appear like a simple, straight line.

人们走的路越远越好，走的路越走越远，走的路越走越远，走的路越走越远，走的路越走越远，犯的错误也越多。然后，历史学家们对这个混乱的非线性过程进行总结，使它看起来像一条简单的直线。