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I really like imagining how people of the future (like hundreds of years in the future) looking at our current culture and technology will try to interpret thin
by oooyay 3y ago
I really like imagining how people of the future (like hundreds of years in the future) looking at our current culture and technology will try to interpret things that I seem to get without thinking. Like, if they dug up my home and found this thing sitting in a drawer what kind of wild theories would they come up before they eventually realized, "This human valued something that actually did less than nothing."
- loneboat 3y agoIf that concept amuses you, you should check out this book: https://www.amazon.com/Motel-Mysteries-David-Macaulay/dp/0395284252 https://www.amazon.com/Motel-Mysteries-David-Macaulay/dp/039...
- VitoVan 3y agoThis is a really good book, thank you.
- themoonisachees 3y agoI mean, usually when archeologists don't understand a device they just end up chucking it in the "religious device" bin. Not that would exactly be wrong here, but you know.
- oooyay 3y agoThis honestly made me chuckle even more, thanks for that.