Jul 18, 2025 06:52 AM
(This post was last modified: Jul 18, 2025 06:53 AM by Magical Realist.)
neil degrasse tyson
Chic Hub ·
tdrsSnpooe
"Deep in the wilds of Tasmania, something extraordinary is rising from the earth a 33-foot steel monolith designed not to broadcast our greatness, but to record our downfall. Known as Earth’s Black Box, this massive, solar-powered structure will serve as a real-time archive of humanity’s trajectory especially if things go terribly wrong.
Think of it like a plane’s black box, but for an entire civilization. It’s being engineered to withstand extreme disaster, built from thick steel and packed with hard drives, powered by solar panels. Its mission? To document the choices, mistakes, and events that could lead to humanity’s collapse.
Using cutting-edge algorithms, it will continuously log over 500 critical data points, including climate data, energy usage, species extinction, war, politics, and even social media trends creating a digital timeline of how we lived, what we prioritized, and how we responded (or didn’t) to planetary threats.
The idea is haunting and deeply human: if civilization falls, this box may help someone—whether our descendants or another intelligent species—understand where we went wrong, and maybe how to do it better next time.
It’s not a warning. It’s a witness."
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=765...4733672039
Chic Hub ·
tdrsSnpooe
"Deep in the wilds of Tasmania, something extraordinary is rising from the earth a 33-foot steel monolith designed not to broadcast our greatness, but to record our downfall. Known as Earth’s Black Box, this massive, solar-powered structure will serve as a real-time archive of humanity’s trajectory especially if things go terribly wrong.
Think of it like a plane’s black box, but for an entire civilization. It’s being engineered to withstand extreme disaster, built from thick steel and packed with hard drives, powered by solar panels. Its mission? To document the choices, mistakes, and events that could lead to humanity’s collapse.
Using cutting-edge algorithms, it will continuously log over 500 critical data points, including climate data, energy usage, species extinction, war, politics, and even social media trends creating a digital timeline of how we lived, what we prioritized, and how we responded (or didn’t) to planetary threats.
The idea is haunting and deeply human: if civilization falls, this box may help someone—whether our descendants or another intelligent species—understand where we went wrong, and maybe how to do it better next time.
It’s not a warning. It’s a witness."
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=765...4733672039
