DarkBluemetal@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 18 hours agoDo you think anyone will be able to remember who any of us are in 600 years?message-squaremessage-square86fedilinkarrow-up163arrow-down10
arrow-up163arrow-down1message-squareDo you think anyone will be able to remember who any of us are in 600 years?DarkBluemetal@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 18 hours agomessage-square86fedilink
minus-squareViatorOmnium@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·17 hours agoHistory preserved the names of heads of state from countries that had a much shorter existence or impact. 600 years might seem a long time to Americans but it’s not that long for historical memory.
minus-squareLifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·edit-216 hours agoSure, then everything in history would be “remembered” forever… Except no one would know or care. To me, that is not remembered. I would say Jesus is forgotten completely at this point even though he is written/read everywhere
History preserved the names of heads of state from countries that had a much shorter existence or impact. 600 years might seem a long time to Americans but it’s not that long for historical memory.
Sure, then everything in history would be “remembered” forever… Except no one would know or care. To me, that is not remembered.
I would say Jesus is forgotten completely at this point even though he is written/read everywhere