truthseeker
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Because, obviously, there has already been some pretty major changes in the past 20 years like online banking, online shopping, social networking, freedom of information (remember when you used to have to consult an actual book to know the answer to something? Now google will tell you Jackie Kennedys shoe size in microseconds!!), online training....etc.
But we're still in the early days of the internet. As we go forward there is more and more information building up that may be useful in the future.
Brendan made a comment on some other thread about the criteria for mortgages in the boom years being something that there would be information available on this site about if the person looked through threads from 2005/2006.
Message boards will contain massive amounts of information about peoples views/opinions from particular time periods - to draw a parallel - there is no way of knowing now what went through a Roman centurions head when he was in the Roman army - but in a few centuries time if someone wants to know what a soldier in Afghanistan was thinking, it will no doubt be available on some message board somewhere.
Google maps will periodically update their street views so you may be able to go back and see how your area looked 20 years ago, and what got built since etc...
Facebook and other social networking sites will revolutionise the 'family tree' business as you'll be able to trace your anscestors back through your parents social netowrking page.
So what other future uses will this amazing information highway called the internet have?
But we're still in the early days of the internet. As we go forward there is more and more information building up that may be useful in the future.
Brendan made a comment on some other thread about the criteria for mortgages in the boom years being something that there would be information available on this site about if the person looked through threads from 2005/2006.
Message boards will contain massive amounts of information about peoples views/opinions from particular time periods - to draw a parallel - there is no way of knowing now what went through a Roman centurions head when he was in the Roman army - but in a few centuries time if someone wants to know what a soldier in Afghanistan was thinking, it will no doubt be available on some message board somewhere.
Google maps will periodically update their street views so you may be able to go back and see how your area looked 20 years ago, and what got built since etc...
Facebook and other social networking sites will revolutionise the 'family tree' business as you'll be able to trace your anscestors back through your parents social netowrking page.
So what other future uses will this amazing information highway called the internet have?