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IDC_FY t1_j2fp5oe wrote

And what if Interwebs dissapears? That would make their work quite hard, after 1998 almost everything vannished

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HornyUnicornn OP t1_j2fq1ng wrote

Yeah it really depends on if the servers survive if they come up with a new way of storing data in 500 plus years. The thing about the people before us is they made things to stay. That being said someone always keeps records. Not everything but some in their niche interests

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IDC_FY t1_j2fr0j5 wrote

We have also made things to stay, the mars rovers for example are our pyramids

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fish-rides-bike t1_j2fpbrt wrote

Historians don’t recount facts. They interpret motives in a narrative weave extending out in both directions. Future historians will have a harder time.

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HornyUnicornn OP t1_j2fqf1x wrote

Because of congestion?

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fish-rides-bike t1_j2fqkw4 wrote

Because of the avalanche of evidence and the contradictions in it. Nobody keeps a personal diary anymore.

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HornyUnicornn OP t1_j2fr5nq wrote

I can definitely see that. They'd have to swim through so much nonsense. In the past if they made a diary or wrote something it definitely meant something to them because it was more tedious then just opening your phone or computer. If I was in their position, I'd look for the books

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I_Like_Boats_ t1_j2fpj29 wrote

Probably that the rich are assholes. It has always been that way and our time is clearly not different.

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Aussie_Mo_Bro t1_j2frpfi wrote

Mate, no.

Digital storage lasts less than a decade. With so much of our current society stored online, future historians (assuming we survive long enough to have historians) will have almost nothing recorded to look into

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HornyUnicornn OP t1_j2ft994 wrote

You think so? Even with people re-uploading what they think is important? We can see pictures from the 1800s. Because someone wanted to upload it. Yes all the random nonsense comments and websites will go. You don't think the important stuff will stay in rotation if you will. The stuff that captured generations? People will always re-upload what they find important. I understand a lot would be lost

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English-OAP t1_j2ft5td wrote

One of the problems they may face, is too much information. On the other hand, they may not be able to read what we have written. English has changed a lot over the past 800 years, and is likely to change a lot over the next 800 years.

Assuming they can understand what's being written, then they will have a strange view of us. They will see us as very divided. They will thin we can't agree if the moon landing happened, or if Covid was a hoax.

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HornyUnicornn OP t1_j2ftwo9 wrote

You think globalization wouldn't help with that? With globalization we all can talk and keep track unlike before

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