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[–] dudinax@programming.dev 32 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Here's something even sadder. We only need history because human lives are so short.

[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 30 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I mean... Even if you lived forever one person can't remember everything

[–] crypticthree@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I can't even remember most of high school

[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I can't remember what I ate last week

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Then we just wouldn't ask that one person about history.

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago

Which, to bring some happiness into this, we are the only species that we know of that can record our history, no matter how short our lives are. So since most of our content produced now is tik tok, that will be our new history 😁😀😀😬😐😕😥😭

[–] GreenTeaRedFlag@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago

I don't see that as sad. Also, even if we lived four hundred years we'd still need to write things down because we'd eventually die.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Unless we were immortal and capable of remembering everything, we'd need history.