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[-] TheGayDude@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Dude, none of these are gonna be considered "major." If you were to travel to the year 2500 and asked people about COVID-19 or the war in Ukraine, only huge history nerds would have any idea of what you're talking about

[-] chisoph@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I think that the first AGI, which will probably be this decade, will be considered a major historical event by 2500, just like how we still consider the invention of the printing press a major historical event.

If the Ukraine war ends up escalating into WW3, I think that will count as well, unless we get up to like WWX.

If David Grusch is right, I think disclosure would make that list.

[-] duncesplayed@lemmy.one 1 points 2 years ago

You mean we're not still talking about the Cocoliztli epidemic and the Eighty Years' War?

You're setting the bar a little high by putting us 500 years in the future, though. I think things just 100 years or so ago can be considered "major", and COVID-19 and Ukraine might both make the bill.

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