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Wow, that's truly fascinating. Seeing that 5 minute clip gives me a much better feeling for how long ago Lincoln's death really was. Deeply understanding time
by scottyallen 15y ago
Wow, that's truly fascinating. Seeing that 5 minute clip gives me a much better feeling for how long ago Lincoln's death really was. Deeply understanding timelines was always my weakness when it came to history, which is part of why high school history was thoroughly boring to me. Now I can saw, when my parents were 5, they saw a really old guy on TV who was 5 when he saw Lincoln shot. A lot more digestible than 1865 or 146 years ago.
- matt1 15y agoHey, just a quick plug: I run a web app called Preceden [1], which specializes in creating multilayered timelines. You could easily use it to plot the significant events in your life and anyone else's to see how they overlap. Lots of teachers use it to solve the same problem you have had; visualizing time can be very difficult without the right tools. [1] http://www.preceden.com http://www.preceden.com Edit: Just for fun, here's a timeline of the Civil War, Mr Seymour's life, the I've Got a Secret Episode, and today's date using Preceden: http://preceden.com/timelines/15108-i-ve-got-a-secret---lincoln-assassination http://preceden.com/timelines/15108-i-ve-got-a-secret---linc...
- alanfalcon 15y agoVery cool tool. But it appears that the "article appears on Hacker News" is cut off.
- matt1 15y agoThanks -- FYI you can scroll over by dragging the timeline around. Edit: Added a 25 year zoom level to the timelines, which makes this timeline (and I'm sure others) fit better.
- ctdonath 15y agoYesterday I had a relevant epiphany: I'm 43, about halfway thru my lifespan of perhaps 86. I'll have lived about 1% of recorded history. Human history doesn't seem very long now.
- phxrsng 15y agoWe are a very young species