I mean even now we see it. No more recipe boxes with gravy stained note cards because we can just look it up online. I took a few astrology courses (don't judge pls) and I'm thankful I printed the info because I can no longer access it. Digital info disappears willy nilly now, and I'm shocked at how short our memory is about it
I’m trying to get comfortable with and accept this sense of really never-knowing. My whole life has been spent trying to make sense of and understand life and I thought that was possible.
I’ve joked that I’m not scared of dying but I’m highly afraid of not knowing what happens “next” and I’ve been working on accepting that. But the idea that I don’t really know and can’t really know what’s happened in the past is a bridge too far from my brain.
There’s got to be an objective truth but, yeah, I’m pretty sure it’s
None of this will matter when our species is driven into extinction by the rampant ecological abuses of industrial civilization killing the planetary biosphere.
I grew up without the internet and I can learn to live without it again if I have to. Easy come, easy go. I have both books and digital servers to store stuff. Both are susceptible to weather events and political upheavals. All I can do is protect them the best I can until I can't. Some things passed down from previous generations I have passed on to my younger generations (my kids). Again, we do our best and hope for the best.
No one knows the future but we can extrapolate educated guesses from what we see and hear. Right now, if I had to make an educated guess, the U.S. is headed for a big fall so I'm prepping for that. Hardening up my data storage and book shelves, storing up extra dry foods and clothing in case the power goes out for an extended period.
I think Trump's days in office are numbered to an extent and I'm preparing for the chaos that may ensue from that. If he doesn't have a cardio vascular event soon, he may get the boot in other ways with everything that's going on. Reality changes on a weekly or sometimes daily basis. Stay fed my friends. I hope the lights stay on for everyone.
" In the world that remains, there may be scholars who dedicate their short lives to the study and discussion of us and what we left behind.There will be one question that persists through time, a question that will never be answered, how could they fuck this up?"
The assumption that any of us will leave a record is flawed, as history shows us otherwise. We have to remember that what has survived from the past represents a tiny portion of humans living at that time, and disproportionately those are the rich and wealthy voices. We all have the drive to leave something behind, but the reality is the majority of humans have vanished from knowledge; at best reduced to names on census, and birth/marriage/death records. Though of course, as we digitise these details, the chances of their names lasting another century decreases, along with our own.
I mean even now we see it. No more recipe boxes with gravy stained note cards because we can just look it up online. I took a few astrology courses (don't judge pls) and I'm thankful I printed the info because I can no longer access it. Digital info disappears willy nilly now, and I'm shocked at how short our memory is about it
My recipe box is such a treasure to me!
I’m trying to get comfortable with and accept this sense of really never-knowing. My whole life has been spent trying to make sense of and understand life and I thought that was possible.
I’ve joked that I’m not scared of dying but I’m highly afraid of not knowing what happens “next” and I’ve been working on accepting that. But the idea that I don’t really know and can’t really know what’s happened in the past is a bridge too far from my brain.
There’s got to be an objective truth but, yeah, I’m pretty sure it’s
unknowable too.
None of this will matter when our species is driven into extinction by the rampant ecological abuses of industrial civilization killing the planetary biosphere.
I grew up without the internet and I can learn to live without it again if I have to. Easy come, easy go. I have both books and digital servers to store stuff. Both are susceptible to weather events and political upheavals. All I can do is protect them the best I can until I can't. Some things passed down from previous generations I have passed on to my younger generations (my kids). Again, we do our best and hope for the best.
No one knows the future but we can extrapolate educated guesses from what we see and hear. Right now, if I had to make an educated guess, the U.S. is headed for a big fall so I'm prepping for that. Hardening up my data storage and book shelves, storing up extra dry foods and clothing in case the power goes out for an extended period.
I think Trump's days in office are numbered to an extent and I'm preparing for the chaos that may ensue from that. If he doesn't have a cardio vascular event soon, he may get the boot in other ways with everything that's going on. Reality changes on a weekly or sometimes daily basis. Stay fed my friends. I hope the lights stay on for everyone.
As if it matters. Dust in the wind, all we are is dust in the wind.
" In the world that remains, there may be scholars who dedicate their short lives to the study and discussion of us and what we left behind.There will be one question that persists through time, a question that will never be answered, how could they fuck this up?"
Yeh, our legacy to Gaia.
Bravo, Michael!
The assumption that any of us will leave a record is flawed, as history shows us otherwise. We have to remember that what has survived from the past represents a tiny portion of humans living at that time, and disproportionately those are the rich and wealthy voices. We all have the drive to leave something behind, but the reality is the majority of humans have vanished from knowledge; at best reduced to names on census, and birth/marriage/death records. Though of course, as we digitise these details, the chances of their names lasting another century decreases, along with our own.
Great movie reference.
Wonderful, consideration of what we will leave behind when the power goes down.