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Re:The Notre Dame fire and the future of history by samfriedman on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @10:47AM (#19674064)
Fascinating. Reminds me of the Neal Stephenson novel, Anathem, in which academic enclaves exist for the purpose of safeguarding knowledge for the long haul and against external calamities.
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Re:The Notre Dame fire and the future of history by privong on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @11:07AM (#19674268)
Neal Stephenson has been involved with Long Now and the 10,000 year clock since 1999 and that involvement led to Anathem: https://www.nealstephenson.com/anathem.html
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Re:The Notre Dame fire and the future of history by _emacsomancer_ on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @10:49AM (#19674082)
http://longnow.org/events/02008/sep/09/anathem-book-launch/
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Re:The Notre Dame fire and the future of history by bitwize on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @11:09AM (#19674297)
The Long Now project was an inspiration for Anathem.
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