We're missing out
(midwest.social)
The Picard Maneuver
History MemesI still mourn the fire of the Library of Alexandria as the symbol of such a loss. Heartbreaking
On top of that, how much of it accurately reflects the perception of the average person of the time? In thousands of years, will there be nothing left of us in literature but a tiny fraction of the perspective constructed by the ultra wealthy and their followers? Kinda makes me want to write on glass plates and bury them somewhere. I guess I'd also have to translate it into a few languages to increase the chances of it being interpretable in the distant future.
How do they know?
Take the current amount of ancient literature, multiply it by 100. EZ
oh shit it worked!
I mean, literally how'd you do it, only you'd multiply by the ratio of referenced vs surviving works somehow
This does indeed hurt. Then I think about the forever memory of the internet and how everything ever put on it will likely stay forever, and the terrible terrible content on it. Then it hurts a little less.
Except the impermanence of the internet under varying conditions such as repressive censorship by oligarchs/fascists, rising operating costs, or even maintainers simply losing interest is rapidly showing itself.
“The internet is forever” may have been wishful thinking 😭
How many backup archives of the internet archive do we got going? 😭
Except it’s not forever. It could definitely go away, and I would bet that it will.
