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The Future NYC

I agree with Eleazar Villalon about the British capturing New Amsterdam from the Dutch being the most important event that took place, because it became, what is now known as, New York City, and that is where most of us … Continue reading

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The Internet – the Evidence of the Future

Throughout the ages, historical evidence has been painstakingly garnered. From fossils to journals, these historical evidence’s have almost always had a timetable on them. However, the internet does not. The internet is everywhere. Why do you think people say that … Continue reading

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Wait, what did I just read?

50 years from now, when historians are looking back at archived tweets from the billions of people of the past decades and on (being optimistic that twitter will be still around) they are going to think “Wait, what did I … Continue reading

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Do I know you? No but I follow you on twitter

The world we live in today is so heavily dominated by technology, and the internet, it would only make sense of historians were able to look back and analyze what people actually did on the internet. Documenting every single Tweet … Continue reading

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Choose Wisely

If Historians of the future choose to use evidence from our time, I hope they choose wisely.  With the current technological advances its hard to say what has or has not been altered.  Historical evidence is also changing because there … Continue reading

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Future Historians…

In the past information that historians wanted or needed would have to be researched thoroughly, and thoughtfully. Nowadays with the internet and other electronics that can be used to share information historians will have almost no problem finding what they … Continue reading

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>>Historical Changes because of Technological Upgrades<<

History is profoundly significant as it is the foundation upon which we build our future. Therefore, it is vital that individuals accurately take the relevant steps  in documenting what will ultimately become history. According to the article entitled “WikiLeaks and … Continue reading

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Tweets for Future Reference

Historical evidence is changing everyday because of technology. Someones twitter status can be used as historical evidence, which i think is ridiculous because it will effect how people will live their personal lives. For example if someone knows their tweets … Continue reading

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