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Every few decades we should choose a random block anywhere in the world, pay all of the inhabitants a very fair compensation for them to leave all of their worl
by lapetitejort 3y ago
Every few decades we should choose a random block anywhere in the world, pay all of the inhabitants a very fair compensation for them to leave all of their worldly possessions exactly as they lie, board up the entire block, then dump a preserving material onto the block. Millenia from now it can be excavated by the world for a snapshot into that time and place.
- jart 3y agoIt works better if the people are preserved too, just like Pompeii; otherwise it's just a dollhouse. You should shelf your proposal until we have the technology for cloning and resurrection.
- astrodust 3y agoOnce in a while people inadvertently create these pristine time capsules: http://www.astoriedstyle.com/a-look-into-the-past-an-untouched-1942-paris-apartment/ http://www.astoriedstyle.com/a-look-into-the-past-an-untouch...