17 Oct
2010
17 Oct
'10
6 p.m.
> The argument of "But there's so much
available information now" doesn't mean
> much when access the most comprehensive library of the ancient world
> (Alexandria) evaporated left most people thinking the world is flat for a
> millennium.
On Sun, 17 Oct 2010, William Donzelli wrote:
Back then, information just was not viewed as very
important at all.
Comparing how people thought back then to how we think now just does
not work well - so much to our very cores is different.
In modern times, who has attempted a project on the scope of the Library
of Alexandria?
I don't know how well they planned against accidental fires, but they were
certainly not adequately prepared against military vandalism.
If people
can't access the info, it doesn't do much good - who's
going to have a working DVD-ROM 1000+ years from now?
In 1000+ years, our tools
will have advanced to the point that we
could just ask Machine X to scan the mystery disk in our hand and
figure out what it is. We will have analytical sensors that will look
at every atom of the DVD, and nearly infinite computing power (and AI
that will make us seem as smart as a toadstool) to figure out the
format. Unless the Jihad comes early.