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And relating this to covid, my bet is that a century from now, this will be what matters to history, and not the pandemic - an interesting footnote.

Like the Vietnam War, the Korean conflict, WWII, WWI, Spanish American War, etc?  Or the 60s counter-culture movements?
Like Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Yellow Fever, TB, Cancer, Polio, the Plague, etc?

"What matters" is so ridiculously subjective and seems to flit around like Paris fashions (which seems so out of fashion).

I know some of the people that were involved in the very beginnings of what is now the Internet.  I've been thinking how personally & scientifically tougher this pandemic would be if we had the technology of the 1950s.   I think I'm going to write them a Thank You note.

The first network transmissions happened about 4 months after the first moon landing (with Woodstock in the middle).  It is interesting to see what has had the bigger impact.   You won't find that unless you know what to look for in some chronology of 1969.  Too many athletic & music events clutter it up.

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And relating this to covid, my bet is that a century from now, this will be what matters to history, and not the pandemic - an interesting footnote.

Like the Vietnam War, the Korean conflict, WWII, WWI, Spanish American War, etc?  Or the 60s counter-culture movements?
Like Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Yellow Fever, TB, Cancer, Polio, the Plague, etc?

"What matters" is so ridiculously subjective and seems to flit around like Paris fashions (which seems so out of fashion).

I know some of the people that were involved in the very beginnings of what is now the Internet.  I've been thinking how personally & scientifically tougher this pandemic would be if we had the technology of the 1950s.   I think I'm going to write them a Thank You note.

The first network transmissions happened about 4 months after the first moon landing (with Woodstock in the middle).  It is interesting to see what has had the bigger impact.   You won't find that unless you know what to look for in some chronology of 1969.  Too many athletic & music events clutter it up.