The editor-in-chief of Mashable just published an opinion on CNN about our future, and how being recorded and published will leave so much information for future generations.
Of course, that's old news to ZVTS readers. Back in early July, we covered that subject. And for the most part, came to the same conclusions. While there will be plenty of noise and useless detail (your My Little Pony phase will be recorded right alongside your Bad Boys Are Fun season), we will emerge as fully chronicled people. Our values and our culture will be referenced, the ultimate time capsule. Dates, pictures, blogs and websites can exist forever. Google will someday be the next ultimate information source, as the Internet generation ages and is replaced.
History is a mighty thing, and we should remember we are part of it. Pavarotti, Hurricane Katrina, Barack Obama, John Williams, The Godfather, To Kill A Mockingbird, Stephen King, Michael Jackson, Star Wars, Princess Di... all of those live with us today. Thanks to the Internet and relatively cheap storage, they will exist in perfect detail for people hundreds of years from now. The information we have collected, the scientific breakthroughs that come out, they will never be erased. We will never have to start our learning over. I still say that will be one of the ultimate marvels of our generation. We just said it way before Adam Ostrow, so he is officially scooped.
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