In the Void

One thing I’ve been thinking about lately is what will archeologists make of our period of time when the written record just ceases. No one writes letters, anymore, so there’s an important snapshot of daily life – gone. No one keeps diaries anymore, so there’s another important snapshot of daily life – gone. Thoughts, hopes, aspirations, letters put down in blogs and other electronic means will be lost because there won’t be a device on which to play them back. Our 21st Century civilization will seem pretty ephemeral. Heck, even our buildings aren’t built to last, so there won’t be any monuments outside of capitol cities.