Countless firsthand accounts of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have disappeared across the last decade, and it may speak to larger issues with the historical record in the digital age.
Meanwhile archive sites are getting sued by greedy copyright owners
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Imagine if, in 100 years, there was a massive Carrington Event and most of the world’s data was destroyed. How would we piece our history back together?
“The aurora over the Rocky Mountains in the United States was so bright that the glow woke gold miners, who began preparing breakfast because they thought it was morning.”
Lol, this must’ve been hella confusing.
How would we piece our history back together?
Maybe some kind of foundation to stem the period of bahbawism?
Remember what happened to that foundation? And the alternative doesn’t actually work based on our medical and scientific knowledge.
Stupid psychohistory.
Pretty obvious. We build a time machine to go back to 1776. Then, when it malfunctions and sends to 1976 instead we learn the art of The Hustle.
“All things are made of atoms; little particles that move around in perpetual motion, attracting each other when they are a little distance apart, but repelling upon being squeezed into one another.”
Super interesting read, thanks for posting. (Pls don’t delete my comment)
