Counterpoint: an ancient Babylonian copper merchant is remembered to this day for being a no-good swindler due to complaints against him recorded in stone table

Counterpoint: an ancient Babylonian copper merchant is remembered to this day for being a no-good swindler due to complaints against him recorded in stone tablets [1]. Remembering things is only getting easier with better data storage. I guess you could just move the timeline out to the heat death of the universe, though. [1] https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/complaint-tablet-to-ea-nasir https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/complaint-tablet-to-ea-nasir