And as also said in the article, until massive public education developed during the 19th century, the vast majority of writings come from a tiny elite and its biases.
I guess the short internet era were everyone was writing about everything, before the bots took over, will have been a truly exceptionally wide coverage of people thoughts in writing form that may never happen again.
Most of the internet will disappear as hard drives fail and websites become defunct. Honestly, YouTube is one of the biggest collections of data online and is used as an archive, but it is still a company with servers that can fail and go bankrupt and all that knowledge will just be lost. Maybe a few people will have saved videos, but those too will collect dust unless reuploaded somewhere else, and even then, all tge metadata surrounding the video will be lost.
Most of the internet will disappear as hard drives fail and websites become defunct.
If they are not destroyed, I think future archaeology could be able to recover it. We are also lucky to have some of the ancient texts we have, considering quality writing material was rare, recycled and lost in all kinds of fires, wars, and other disasters.
To not be entirely pessimistic, before the internet there were still plenty of writers who “made it” despite being middle or lower class. Plus with mass media like newspapers and magazines, you definitely got a broader perspective than in literature from centuries prior. But as you say, once bots take over, then the elite control the narrative again.
And as also said in the article, until massive public education developed during the 19th century, the vast majority of writings come from a tiny elite and its biases.
I guess the short internet era were everyone was writing about everything, before the bots took over, will have been a truly exceptionally wide coverage of people thoughts in writing form that may never happen again.
Most of the internet will disappear as hard drives fail and websites become defunct. Honestly, YouTube is one of the biggest collections of data online and is used as an archive, but it is still a company with servers that can fail and go bankrupt and all that knowledge will just be lost. Maybe a few people will have saved videos, but those too will collect dust unless reuploaded somewhere else, and even then, all tge metadata surrounding the video will be lost.
If they are not destroyed, I think future archaeology could be able to recover it. We are also lucky to have some of the ancient texts we have, considering quality writing material was rare, recycled and lost in all kinds of fires, wars, and other disasters.
To not be entirely pessimistic, before the internet there were still plenty of writers who “made it” despite being middle or lower class. Plus with mass media like newspapers and magazines, you definitely got a broader perspective than in literature from centuries prior. But as you say, once bots take over, then the elite control the narrative again.
Are you sure this is statistically relevant? I would bet most of those writers had some kind of privilege, rich or/and educated parents.
The bot problem is only going to get worse.