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I have loved belonging to the Piaget Society.?I joined several years ago, just after I finished my undergraduate program in psychology and was looking for an exciting and important topic for grad studies. The result of meeting and talking with everyone was an increasing awareness of some "fundamental concerns."?I began to focus more and more on the history of the theory responding to these issues, digging deeper into what Piaget and the Genevans wrote (as compared to what we think they said). This led me to get some proper training in history and biology.?And that has affected not only how I think, but also what I think is interesting. Now, every once in a while, I give a presentation to "pure" psychologists and get "looks." It happened again today. So what I want to know is this: How is history useful to you as a scientist/practitioner/clinician/theorist??How can we historians make it more useful??What do we do that annoys you??(etc.) If you would care to share some thoughts, I would appreciate it.?And if you've ever found yourself wanting some more history in your life, please check out our blog: "Advances in the History of Psychology" (http://ahp.yorku.ca).