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What sorts of things might one do prior to submerging that would be interesting/useful to explorers who came later? Distributing several modern equivalents of
by nitrogen 6y ago
What sorts of things might one do prior to submerging that would be interesting/useful to explorers who came later?
Distributing several modern equivalents of the Rosetta Stone comes to mind. E.g. build one into the spire of a highrise.
But I'd bet that in Manhattan's case, it would take a really long time for the tallest buildings to become invisible, even if they collapse.
- lostlogin 6y agoI would have thought that putting anything you want found at a low level or in the basement was a safer bet.
- nitrogen 6y agoProbably true. My thinking was that maybe there is a really deep layer of coral and detritus on the submerged streets, so a high monument built to somewhat withstand falling hundreds of feet in a building collapse would end up in a shallower layer and be found more easily. You'd probably want more than one strategy for sending a message to the future. The historic plans for nuclear waste repositories can be interesting in that regard.