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Countless firsthand accounts of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have disappeared across the last decade, and it may speak to larger issues with the historical record in the digital age.

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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 38 points 1 year ago

Imagine if, in 100 years, there was a massive Carrington Event and most of the world's data was destroyed. How would we piece our history back together?

[-] reflex@kbin.social 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

How would we piece our history back together?

Maybe some kind of foundation to stem the period of bahbawism?

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Remember what happened to that foundation? And the alternative doesn't actually work based on our medical and scientific knowledge.

Stupid psychohistory.

[-] d4rknusw1ld@artemis.camp 7 points 1 year ago

Stupid sexy Harry.

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