Lost History: Whatever Happened?
Episode 12 of the An Ounce - For Your Consideration podcast, hosted by Jim Fugate, titled "Lost History: Whatever Happened?" was published on March 22, 2024 and runs 6 minutes.
March 22, 2024 ·6m · An Ounce - For Your Consideration
Summary
It is impressive the volumes of information we have on history. The history of our Nation, our civilization, and our world. Incredible that we can look back hundreds of years and identify, with genealogical records, a single precious but unremarkable person. But sadly, even in our contemporary world, there are those who have lived and died – and there is no record…no one knows they ever existed. Recording the now, and holding on to it for reference – looking back on the documentat...
Episode Description
It is impressive the volumes of information we have on history. The history of our Nation, our civilization, and our world. Incredible that we can look back hundreds of years and identify, with genealogical records, a single precious but unremarkable person. But sadly, even in our contemporary world, there are those who have lived and died – and there is no record…no one knows they ever existed.
Recording the now, and holding on to it for reference – looking back on the documentation of the past… well, accuracy in the record is a precarious thing. And when it comes to things like history, stuff gets a little fuzzy (kinda like new math).
There are those who have declared that 97% of history is lost. It seems a large but believable number, and is probably just an arbitrary guess.
What do you think?
https://www.infinityexplorers.com/the-lost-human-history-97-of-human-history-is-lost/
https://mysteriesrunsolved.com/lost-human-history/
https://www.archivesfoundation.org/newsletter/missing-history/
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