Comment on We will never know the name of a human that lived 50,000 years ago

sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• freeman@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  forgetting names is truly a sad thing, ComradeSharkfucker

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• idiomaddict@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I like to think that historical humans prefer it that way, if it helps.

  I want my name known to people who loved me and whose life I directly impacted. I like the concept of getting to know the larger human community, but I don’t think I’ll have failed if nobody remembers my name a hundred years after my death. If the choice is between my diary being found and read by people or my name forgotten, I’d prefer the latter.

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