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Sad_Philly_Fan t1_ja9yy70 wrote

Reply to comment by batsofburden in There's been tens of thousands of generations of humans, yet even those just 3 generations back are already forgotten by most living humans. by batsofburden

This is all true, but only a few people will be remembered from the past couple hundred years while the rest will be forgotten, and that’s the way it’ll always be. For me, I can only easily name around 30 people from before the year 1000, and those are some of the most famous ever. So unless you do something to leave a huge mark on the world, you can expect to be completely forgotten in around 200 years.

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batsofburden OP t1_jaaaind wrote

I just find this wholescale erasure of so many unique individuals into a vast cosmic nothingness to be a bit sad.

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