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		hollander on Sept 2, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Shining a light on the digital dark age But we are losing more these days than 2000 years ago. And we save lots more as well. Think of how many billions people can write or paint now and can make photos. How many could write or paint then?

dtech on Sept 2, 2023 [–]

People were creative back then too. Most of it just wasn't captured other than orally and we have lost the vast, vast majority of that.

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