I study history in uni and I get the impression the internet is going to make it harder to find reliable sources for anything. People write less down in today's world and stuff gets put on websites that will eventually get lost or removed. The National Library of Wales is starting a project to archive sites it has deemed as important, but I guess you can see the problem with that straight away...#
I wouldn't think that civilisation will become that different before we are all thrown into a new dark age when oil runs out though.
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