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This puts me in mind of things I have noticed in my genealogical research, such as how what information is recorded and how, changes over time. A century ago a musically talented branch of my family was often noted in their local newspaper. Snippets of where and for whom they were performing, who they visited, accomplishments (such as my grandmother getting first place in a state wide high school singing competition) and so forth. They often offer fascinating glimpses into people's daily lives with information that a century earlier would never or rarely get recorded. Then today the local sections of newspapers are eviscerated and those types of information are instead shared and recorded through social medias. But now you can record reactions to stories as well as the stories themselves. How many people read about it, how many commented and what they said, and so forth. An ever growing fount of information. Along with that though the digital format is more malleable, with the potential for things to be edited and changed over time in ways that couldn't happen with newspapers. Looking forward it is interesting to imagine the various ways information might be recorded. Illyan's chip is such a great speculation on that. Especially considering the level of technology that existed at the time it was first imagined. These days, with CRISPR and various micro technologies I wonder if they could really come up with a way to create a memory cloning technology (And who would really want it). The brain is so complex, they would probably have to inject some micro bot/DNA/virus substance that was attracted to the electrical impulses in the brain, and would follow and grow along them in order to clone all the various 'inputs' and feed that information to some kind of accessible storage. Illyan's chip had sight and sound, but not smell for instance. But what if a programmable virus grew in a developing brain to create cloned connections to record memories. Then on the flip side, if such a viral program could then create new 'bridges' to help a brain work more efficiently, eliminating or reducing intellectual disabilities. Ah, this answer was very thought-provoking. It will take a while to ponder over it all.
I have used newspapers.com to find out more about my father's family.
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This puts me in mind of things I have noticed in my genealogical research, such as how what information is recorded and how, changes over time. A century ago a musically talented branch of my family was often noted in their local newspaper. Snippets of where and for whom they were performing, who they visited, accomplishments (such as my grandmother getting first place in a state wide high school singing competition) and so forth. They often offer fascinating glimpses into people's daily lives with information that a century earlier would never or rarely get recorded. Then today the local sections of newspapers are eviscerated and those types of information are instead shared and recorded through social medias. But now you can record reactions to stories as well as the stories themselves. How many people read about it, how many commented and what they said, and so forth. An ever growing fount of information. Along with that though the digital format is more malleable, with the potential for things to be edited and changed over time in ways that couldn't happen with newspapers. Looking forward it is interesting to imagine the various ways information might be recorded. Illyan's chip is such a great speculation on that. Especially considering the level of technology that existed at the time it was first imagined. These days, with CRISPR and various micro technologies I wonder if they could really come up with a way to create a memory cloning technology (And who would really want it). The brain is so complex, they would probably have to inject some micro bot/DNA/virus substance that was attracted to the electrical impulses in the brain, and would follow and grow along them in order to clone all the various 'inputs' and feed that information to some kind of accessible storage. Illyan's chip had sight and sound, but not smell for instance. But what if a programmable virus grew in a developing brain to create cloned connections to record memories. Then on the flip side, if such a viral program could then create new 'bridges' to help a brain work more efficiently, eliminating or reducing intellectual disabilities. Ah, this answer was very thought-provoking. It will take a while to ponder over it all.
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I have used newspapers.com to find out more about my father's family.
