Aug 3, 2023·edited Aug 3, 2023Liked by Kathleen McCook
I suspect this is but the tiny tip of a huge iceberg of 'frozen' data, all to be revealed in time. One must be mindful that woven into each and every lie is the hidden seed of its telling.
History gets written by the victors so is likely a whitewash ignoring an inconvenient truths. I am somewhat concerned that SubStack sites are not being archived by Wayback, except by request. And much of SubStack is ignored or suppressed by Google. And we have seen that even the Wayback seems to disappear some content from time to time.
I learned a lot by examining old deeds and property records via microfilm at the VA State Library. I was looking to discern which of two brothers was in my linage, both being granted land in 1615 or so. I have great hopes that someday AI will scan those records and auto-translate from the cursive at the time to some typeface. Reading those records required nearly learning a new language. At least I could find the documents I needed, much VA history was trashed in civil war fires that damaged Richmond.
And I've found the trope of a permanent internet to be false. I suspect future historians sifting through the debris of our century will also discover missing pieces. I wonder what they will make of our political paralysis of the now. Meanwhile revisionists are busy at work disparaging the mostly well educated young men of the 1700's that created our foundational documents. Trying to place yourself into those time periods as historians must, is a leap for others.
I suspect this is but the tiny tip of a huge iceberg of 'frozen' data, all to be revealed in time. One must be mindful that woven into each and every lie is the hidden seed of its telling.
. . . . You find such interesting things
Valuable information!
We could benefit from a truth and reconciliation effort covering the Trump phenomenon.
Fascinating and tragic. I learned a lot from this list - I didn’t understand the extent of the Roma genocide.
History gets written by the victors so is likely a whitewash ignoring an inconvenient truths. I am somewhat concerned that SubStack sites are not being archived by Wayback, except by request. And much of SubStack is ignored or suppressed by Google. And we have seen that even the Wayback seems to disappear some content from time to time.
I learned a lot by examining old deeds and property records via microfilm at the VA State Library. I was looking to discern which of two brothers was in my linage, both being granted land in 1615 or so. I have great hopes that someday AI will scan those records and auto-translate from the cursive at the time to some typeface. Reading those records required nearly learning a new language. At least I could find the documents I needed, much VA history was trashed in civil war fires that damaged Richmond.
And I've found the trope of a permanent internet to be false. I suspect future historians sifting through the debris of our century will also discover missing pieces. I wonder what they will make of our political paralysis of the now. Meanwhile revisionists are busy at work disparaging the mostly well educated young men of the 1700's that created our foundational documents. Trying to place yourself into those time periods as historians must, is a leap for others.
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