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 Instead of digging through personal diaries, future historians will dig through hours and hours and hours of personal video and voice recordings. 

Imagine Anne Frank vlogging.  
 (had this thought after recording a voice message to myself)  
 Hash your message and op_return the hash 
 They’ll have ai index it all, and provide searchable timestamped transcripts. 
 They'll reconstruct you from your online preference 👀

 
 And have AI make a summary 
 I wonder if a vlog is just as ruthless and honest as a diary entry 
 They will probably also have access to a lot of other shit that people didn't think they would. I can only imagine all the things that will eventually be leaked in data breaches. Very few people are aware of all the things being collected by tech companies. 
 And they’ll watch our 4k films as ancient tech! 👽👽 
 They'll arrive at the conclusion that "we are toxic maximalists, we stack sats and don't give a shit" 😁

https://open.spotify.com/track/6G7EktXH2xuaYNFHJyrBCW?si=5PZSsMswRymymIltArx97Q 
 Probably would have been shadow banned 
 maybe... i'm still kind of skeptical voice will become people's primary interaction with computers
especially for diaries which (i assume) you'd want to be somewhat discrete about, and not inform everyone within earshot 😀  
 That's a good point, but the success of vlogs and IRL streaming and podcasts and tiktok and other things quite clearly shows that writing (and reading) is not as strenuous as talking and listening.  
 I hope wverybody hashes his diaries in a strong timechain so your memories are proofable and re-writen by Winston&friends, ministry of truth. 
 Sorry: not re-written by an agent ;-) 
 I think it would be a complement to a personal journal. To see the difference between someone's thoughts and narrative. Different mental processes. 
 knock knock.. 
 no matter what, the Anne Franks of tomorrow deserve #privacy. 
 I thought 45 times to understand this🙂‍↕️ 
 It will probably be the first time in history where historians will back their claims with verifiable content instead of interpreting unverifiable events on our behalf.   
 Wild 
 Private shitposting is the way of the future. 
 Imagine all the people……🥳👈😎 
 Imagine Jesus Christ vlogging. 
 Indeed.  Would be interesting to see what her father, Otto, would write using her ball point pen name again. 
 She would have vmogged and having to compete with other girls that vlogged about the same subject (hiding from the Germans). So she eventually would have had less followers than another girl that did it as an act. Would be great for a fictional or alternative history book. 
 and the Alexa and Siri voice recordings 
 "Please hit like and subscribe" 
 😘