Adventures in Social Media
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| Cedar Waxwings |
Browsing along, laughs galore, interesting questions, fun in general on X aka Twitter, I got to thinking again about Life.
Science supports that human remains are best preserved where the climate conditions are ideal for such preservation to take place. Archaelogical evidence tells us the area had human activity.
There is no scientific evidence to date that I know of that defines where human life began. In Africa then migrated to Asia or in Asia migrated to Africa, the big deal over where we began can might lead us to understand the conditions of our scientific birth.
Interesting thought: What if all that will be left is what there is today? Social Media can cause a person to ponder such questions.
I have often thought about photos and written letters-there will mostly be none to leave behind do to electronics very little physical photos and hand written letters to show our history like in the past
ReplyDeleteKathy,
DeleteTrue. It is weird to think all the electronics with no passwords to open them.
Unless aliens are psychic, all that information is gone.
If we lose power, all is lost these days.
ReplyDeleteMarie,
DeleteStrange as it sounds, losing power locally hasn't been a problem here for years.
Thunderstorms this summer might change that.
I was interested to read Kathy's comment because it brought to mind the fact that our school systems here decided in their wisdom to stop teaching cursive writing but didn't stop to think that now we have a whole bunch of kids that won't be able to read it if they come across it in their work lives. Not too long ago I had to sign my name on something in a store and of course used cursive. The person behind the counter passed it back to me and told me I had to print it because she didn't know how to read cursive. Ummm - really? She explained she hadn't learned it in school. Interestingly enough, the school system has now decided that they were wrong and that it should be taught. We could have told them that!
ReplyDeleteMaryanne,
DeleteThe school systems have been going towards adopting stupid rules for years.
What puzzles me is that cursive writing is so easy to understand. All the letters are there. How anyone can't read it is scary. Reading cursive is like holding hands with your friends where you know everyone's name. Not holding hands doesn't make knowing who they are easier.
I found the previous comments about cursive writing to be interesting particularly as I’m working on volunteer transcriptions. Of course, as there were no electronics much of the information is handwritten or typed. Yes, the handwriting especially can be difficult to read, nut opens up such a window to history. As for reading social media, as I have mentioned before, blogging is my only form of social media, aside from watching YouTube videos on various topics…photography, cooking, history.
ReplyDeleteBeatrice,
DeleteThe LOC transcription project you are working on is just out of this work fantastic!
Archeology is interesting, indeed. I think the Mayans go way back in history.
ReplyDeleteHave a very nice week.
~Sheri
Sheri,
DeleteIn the last ten years, I've seen on TV places that I should have heard about when I was in high school. Discoveries are made all the time. It is just mind boggling.
i was thinking exactly what kathy wrote. i still send cards, share a note but i don't write letters, nor do i write in cursive. i remember seeing beautifully written letters and journals from the 1800's early 1900's. and i had not thought about printed pictures, they have become obsolete. i do not print mine anymore...only at christmas. i enjoy social media but...
ReplyDeleteDebbie,
DeleteThere are folks I know that make it a point to write each other letters.
I remember in college, my mother wrote me long letters. I wish I had them today.
You are way deeper than I am. But I worry about social media in terms of history. They say nothing is lost on the internet but good luck finding it.. There are biographies to be written of the future famous -- who may have conducted much of their life on social media, never saving a thing because who knows when you'll be famous? Or if? I treasure having the printed memorabilia of my parents and grandparents (less, but some). I couldn't have written my book nearly so well without it.
ReplyDeleteJeanie,
DeleteYour geneaology books is wonderful!
There are blogs post from my first years blogging that I haven't save. One day I might find them on one of those websites that archive blogs. I've seen those websites. They are out there.