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I’d challenge you to find one article where this is the case.

Almost all “journalism” today is opinion notifications without substance, source, or first hand accounts. I suppose that’s its own kind of historical artifact, but not the kind I’ve seen be meaningful in my study of history.



Who knows, maybe in the future one of those opinion pieces may be the first digital record about a specific topic found by some future civilization. In the same way that the Complaint Tablet to Ea-Nāṣir doesn't provide much historical value, but is interesting in being the oldest written customer complaint.

History isn't just about the big things. The history of the mundane is also important in understanding a culture.




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