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On the other hand it would be super interesting if we _could_ get in to people's data maybe several generations after they've passed. Imagine what historians c

On the other hand it would be super interesting if we _could_ get in to people's data maybe several generations after they've passed. Imagine what historians could learn about what life was like hundreds of years ago if those people left the same digital footprints that we're creating today.

JimProuty 7y ago
See the "Lasting Impressions" episode from "The Orville" which involves exactly that plot. Pretty good episode, actually.
- QuercusMax 7y ago
  The Orville (especially season 2, but really from ~Ep 4 onward) is actually a really solid series. I'm a big fan; after the second season it's really more like "TNG with minor Seth McFarlane moments" than "Family Guy does Star Trek".
wccrawford 7y ago
But also imagine all the wannabe journalists that would just do character assassinations on long-dead people revered as heroes for a quick buck and some internet fame. They would completely ignore all the harm it would do. Worse, there would be those that would do that same thing with plenty of intent to cause harm, especially to the groups they are prejudiced against. It's the problems from the "right to be forgotten", but taken to the next level.
- 781 7y ago
  > But also imagine all the wannabe journalists that would just do character assassinations on long-dead people revered as heroes That's an easy one. Pretty much anyone of notice living today will be labeled a "savage meat eater" and canceled. They will say "many people were already vegan, why was he/she still eating meat? Clearly a monster. Cancel"
  - 0x54D5 7y ago
    Eating meat is not going anywhere. Veganism is a US based fad. The rest of the world isn't cutting meat consumption. In fact it's growing... by a lot. https://www.bbc.com/news/health-47057341 https://www.bbc.com/news/health-47057341
  - chacha2 7y ago
    If they fund industrial farming they would be right to make that moral judgement.
vmurthy 7y ago
With people sharing so much publicly (social media et al), can't historians learn about what life was hundreds of years ago without having to dig into private data ? :-)

JimProuty 7y ago

See the "Lasting Impressions" episode from "The Orville" which involves exactly that plot. Pretty good episode, actually.

QuercusMax 7y ago
The Orville (especially season 2, but really from ~Ep 4 onward) is actually a really solid series. I'm a big fan; after the second season it's really more like "TNG with minor Seth McFarlane moments" than "Family Guy does Star Trek".

wccrawford 7y ago

But also imagine all the wannabe journalists that would just do character assassinations on long-dead people revered as heroes for a quick buck and some internet fame. They would completely ignore all the harm it would do. Worse, there would be those that would do that same thing with plenty of intent to cause harm, especially to the groups they are prejudiced against. It's the problems from the "right to be forgotten", but taken to the next level.

781 7y ago
> But also imagine all the wannabe journalists that would just do character assassinations on long-dead people revered as heroes That's an easy one. Pretty much anyone of notice living today will be labeled a "savage meat eater" and canceled. They will say "many people were already vegan, why was he/she still eating meat? Clearly a monster. Cancel"
- 0x54D5 7y ago
  Eating meat is not going anywhere. Veganism is a US based fad. The rest of the world isn't cutting meat consumption. In fact it's growing... by a lot. https://www.bbc.com/news/health-47057341 https://www.bbc.com/news/health-47057341
- chacha2 7y ago
  If they fund industrial farming they would be right to make that moral judgement.

vmurthy 7y ago

With people sharing so much publicly (social media et al), can't historians learn about what life was hundreds of years ago without having to dig into private data ? :-)