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obviously start counting backwards to zero
Nah, we'll never get there. (When we do, major Y10K crisis. 💣💥)
I don't think anyone cares at this point, that's a problem for 300ish generations from now.
I don't think that's a question any human will have to answer. Humanity will be long gone by then.
I'm sure we'll switch to star dates by then.
We shkuld switch to a base12 number and metric system.
You're thinking too small. Base 60 (Sexagesimal)..the Sumerians had the right idea.
At that point we switch to a Year (three digit) and Millennium (M followed by two digits) system, so the year 10,001 would be noted as 001.M10. After 999 M10 we reach 000.M11, and so on. Most applications would only really need the year number. ~/s~
Happy new year 2314737893516!
Maybe average life expectancy will be 800 years then and 10000 won't be that big a number anyways.
It would make more sense to switch to a calendar with a different year 0. Like when human civilization started, which would make.the current year to 12k+. Or when earth started, which revolutions around the sun we are counting. Which would make the current year something with 4.5 billion.
this post was submitted on 12 Nov 2023
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