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> Not all history is important to keep alive. You don't see people firing up coal fire steam engines in their back yard. Actually, people do! I'm pretty grate
by mlyle 5y ago
> Not all history is important to keep alive. You don't see people firing up coal fire steam engines in their back yard.
Actually, people do! I'm pretty grateful that people keep old steam engines going. The context of where we've been and how we've gotten here is important.
- kelnos 5y agoAlso if there's some sort of global semi-apocalypse, we will likely need to fall back to some older technologies in order to keep some semblance of civilization going, where the alternative might be dropping back to a completely pre-industrial state.
- EricE 5y agoIndeed - context of how we've gotten here is VERY important. One of the better ST:TNG episodes was about this very topic: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0708841/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0708841/