Scentient beings and the external nervous system: ancient memories for fashion futures

摘要

To preserve one document about mankind for one million years . . . . ududA group of academics from the Sciences and Arts gather at KIST (Korea Institute of Science) in Germany to discuss the preservation of a 'human document' and what this might look like:ududwhat is human culture? what to include? top achievements or everyday life? textbooks? wikipedia? opinion? controversial topics? different geographical origins.ududhow to document? language? line drawings? binary code? films and music?ududteaching through multiple languages? primary school textbooks? scientific encoding tables?ududwhere to put it? in a museum, visible to all? billions of copies? on the moon? in a desert or a city center? near geographically defined spots, Mariana trench, Ayers rock, Easter island? Gizeh, Xi‘an, Stonehenge?ududhow to structure the document? linear text? large number of small chapters? puzzle?ududhow to integrate a clock? radioactive isotopes? describing astronomical events?ududon what material? monocrystalline silicon? embedding in amber? DNA of a living organism