The Test of Time

I've been thinking about something recently...more specifically, about how that with the ever-increasing technological capabilities of the human race, the shorter the life span of that technology gets, and how long our society would be remembered through what we leave behind gets.

Archeologists are still finding stone tablets with writing more than 10,000 years after they were created, yet the lifespan of a recorded data CD-R is roughly a decade under optimal conditions. If we were to go extinct, how long would our society leave an noticeable impression on Mother Earth?

It seems that the longer time goes on and the more advanced we become, the more meaningless our actions become.

I came upon these thoughts after speaking to my father about how he should back up his old discs of vacation pictures soon, and then yesterday (On my first ever day of work in a garage) when I was helping take apart a Land Rover and thought about that for how complex a vehicle is, it will rejoin the earth in, give or take a few years, a century.

I'm not sure if I can really explain anymore about this at the moment, because it's still something that's on my mind. I guess this is even more of a reason to go and do something that will be meaningful and memorable through history.

And even more so, I guess this could be a good song.