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The idea that we would need to warn a civilization 10,000 years in the future to stay away seems quite fatalistic to me... what about the alternative of assumin
by jimmcslim 12y ago
The idea that we would need to warn a civilization 10,000 years in the future to stay away seems quite fatalistic to me... what about the alternative of assuming that we do survive climate change/global thermonuclear war/comet strike/overpopulation; and the regular mechanics of bureaucracy ensure that all documentation relating to such a site is transferred onto the latest media/storage formats over the ages... so that future humanity is accessing the files off crystal holographic storage via neural links, stored in Microsoft Word 12000.
- jgh 12y agoI suppose if the second scenario is correct and the bureaucracy lasts 10,000 years into the future there's not really any harm in having developed the signage anyway. But on the other hand, if we just assume that the knowledge will be passed on via bureaucracy or some other means and don't develop the signage and then those methods of transmitting the knowledge fails, it could be bad for people in the future.