CAPTAIN'S BLOG
Quote: "Never has a generation so diligently recorded themselves accomplishing so little."
First up, the unprecedented clarity that Curiosity is allowing to see an alien planet seems like a great achievement alone, as far as mere recording is concerned. And if everything we're writing now makes it far enough into the future to matter, our retrospect and hindsight is going to be laser-accurate as we continue to gather more information about how humans live and what makes them happy and who knows what. But every signal has its noise. So far, our ability to differentiate that signal from the noise is in need of vast improvements, but the outbreak out Youtube stars and independent music and video game creators also seems to indicate that, although some signal is lost in the noise, there is still no shortage of signals to discover. I find this concept very interesting because I've been rewatching CrashCourse World History on Youtube, and he points out in the WWII episode that that was the first major conflict to have been heavily influenced by the writers who wrote about their experiences during the war. The ability to read and for the nation to be able to communicate (through telephone and TV) such a large number of people's reflections was big. Previously, war was something that was thought to be sorta necessary, even good, as it helped a nation direct its energy towards something and was a good way to solidify a national identity. But so many letters describing the horrors of war coming home changed the idea of war forever. There was nothing romantic or good about our brothers and fathers getting blown up or dying of disease far away from home.
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AuthorChristina Hitchens is a trans female writer living in BC, Canada. She loves computers, animals, and a good argument. Archives
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