Memory of Mankind: All of Human Knowledge Buried in a Salt Mine

Re:Memory of Mankind: All of Human Knowledge Buried in a Sal... by beat on Thursday January 19, 2017 @10:37AM (#13436562)

The war that destroyed historic artifacts in Timbuktu already spans multiple continents. Ansar Dine learned their approach from Saudi clerics who came to Libya via Pakistan. The same movement did the 9/11 attacks in the US. It's a hot war in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, and it's terrorism in Europe and the US.

And redundancy? Around 240BC, the first Qin emperor in China had all non-technical books burned. We have much of the oldest Chinese literature because it was restored from memory after his death.

If someone wants to burn it all, and can get enough power, they will find a way.

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Re:Memory of Mankind: All of Human Knowledge Buried in a Sal... by ahartman00 on Thursday January 19, 2017 @02:57PM (#13438973)

lol, I was not expecting that comment to generate any controversy. :)

So you feel that even if we had archives buried in bunkers underground, on 6 continents, that somebody could still destroy all of it? I hear what you're saying about if they can get enough power, I just don't see anyone succeeding in taking over the entire world. I guess I'm an optimist :P

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Re:Memory of Mankind: All of Human Knowledge Buried in a Sal... by beat on Thursday January 19, 2017 @04:41PM (#13439733)

You don't need to take over the whole world. You just need access to six nuclear weapons...

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