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He was more before my time but he was huge. The number of votes on this really emphasizes something I learned long ago. Fame won’t save you from the black hole
by user3939382 2y ago
He was more before my time but he was huge. The number of votes on this really emphasizes something I learned long ago. Fame won’t save you from the black hole of death. People will forget you regardless.
I always think of the buildings with people’s names on them. Does anyone remember anything about those actual people? Nope. When you’re gone you’re gone. Mostly likely after a few generations there will be no mention or memory of you at all.
- readthenotes1 2y agoIt's like Ozymandias all over again
- user3939382 2y agoApparently this poem is very well known. I’m disappointed in myself I didn’t know it, I thank you greatly for the reference. You’re right it’s the same sentiment.
- readthenotes1 2y agoIt's like you met a traveller from an antique land ;)
- AlbertCory 2y agoOn the other hand: George M. Pullman. https://www.chipublib.org/locations/59/ https://www.chipublib.org/locations/59/ OK, I grew up around there. Hardly anyone knew who he was.
- Xen9 2y agoA museum of the cryonized brains of celebrities, perhaps behind AR screens giving them eyeballs and mouths and feet and hands, would be great. The costs of mainteinance would be partly from gov. subsidies and partly from visitors and partly from pre-payments. They could also show how scans of the brains looked when they were getting frozen to make the point that there is information there...
- basementcat 2y agoAm I weird for Googling the names of buildings, streets, conference rooms? As for the ephemeral nature of things, it’s probably for the best that we have a finite time to do stuff and then leave the rest to others.