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I sometimes wonder how people will remember the invention of computers, smartphones, and the internet in a few centuries. People will most probably learn that
by smokel 3y ago
I sometimes wonder how people will remember the invention of computers, smartphones, and the internet in a few centuries.
People will most probably learn that either Bill Gates or Elon Musk invented it all in one evening when an apple fell from a tree.
- rkagerer 3y agoThis may be a bit forced, but you missed a golden opportunity to capitalize the "A" in that sentiment and accerate my reaction.
- bambax 3y agoI wonder the same thing. See this video about "the Beatles in 1,000 years" for instance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Z2vU8M6CYI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Z2vU8M6CYI It's a parody but I wonder how close to the truth it is...
- RetroTechie 3y agoHistory is written by some combo of historians & surviving records. With "records" being any physical objects that outlast oral history: writings, clay tablets, the pyramids of Egypt, etc. (and note the "surviving" bit!) This says nothing of what really happened in the past. Only what exists in the present to support particular reconstructions of past events.