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Platapus · 01-12-14, 07:13 PM

200 years from now, only academics and unfortunate college students will be studying US in history. The average person in the year 2214 will have as much knowledge and interest as the average person in 2014 has over stuff that happened in the late 1700's and early 1800's.

Only the "big" things will be covered and big will be defined by the culture of 2214.

With the ever increasing amount of data (not necessarily information) that is and will be available to people, people won't have much time to ponder history. There will always be a sub group people with an interest in history. But for the people in 2214, what happened way back in 2014 will be ancient history.

They will only know the big stuff but, like many students of history, may not have a full appreciation of the contemporary context. Much of what happens around 2014 won't be understood by historians of 2214. As such, there will probably be a lot of jokes about 21st century Americans.

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Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,951 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	200 years from now, only academics and unfortunate college students will be studying US in history. The average person in the year 2214 will have as much knowledge and interest as the average person in 2014 has over stuff that happened in the late 1700's and early 1800's. Only the "big" things will be covered and big will be defined by the culture of 2214. With the ever increasing amount of data (not necessarily information) that is and will be available to people, people won't have much time to ponder history. There will always be a sub group people with an interest in history. But for the people in 2214, what happened way back in 2014 will be ancient history. They will only know the big stuff but, like many students of history, may not have a full appreciation of the contemporary context. Much of what happens around 2014 won't be understood by historians of 2214. As such, there will probably be a lot of jokes about 21st century Americans. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.