500 years from now, do you think people will care about anything from this time?

Answer 1

You seek to see ahead - the year ? 2506 ce
How strange to see that 'time frame' - represented only in numbers! Not with a familiar feel, as say,1506 - the year Columbus died.

Opinion -
IF the human species has survived until this future date, it shall only be because IT has evolved - transcended - to a less ego-centric being; perhaps one of androgynous appearance.
IF that becomes the reality for this species - I can only imagine that there will be no need (or desire) for this advanced human creature to dwell in matters of bloody, gory, past 'glory days', as we, this present humanity have been forced to do in our present day 'schools of learning'.

In my mind's and heart's 'eye' -
There will be no need for teaching about, nor remembering - the ages prior to the then 'present' time. . . all shall be living the reality of their 'now' existence, which shall leave no room for past review, nor future programing.

Humankind shall have learned and will engender in offspring - war produces nothing for the masses - only for the power holding elite. We, the people, are all in this reality together; what impacts one, affects all.

I truly hope that people - if there be any - five hundred years from now - shall care nothing about anything from our present time - other than --- never live this way again. . .

Yes - MO, below --- this may qualify as a (your) moment of delusion --- and ---- as to why? we 'go on'?
to see if we can live long enuf to know; were we correct about anything?

Answer 2

We have to believe they will care. Otherwise, what's the point in going on. Now I'm saddened by the thought that all we have accomplished is pointless. If nothing else, future humanoids should appreciate advancements in technology. I'm not as pessimistic towards history as our dear friend, gravefinder. I think there is much to be learned from the past, so long as the past can viewed and studied from different perspectives and without biased prefabricated opinion. I think 500 years from now a few will read over the thoughts that we so carefully outlined in our master dark plan and they will think us heros. They will honor us for going against the grain and being ostracized for our belief in the dark ways, but this is only because they realize that what was once considered dark is now the secret to the success of mankind.

Answer 3

Five hundred years ago there was this struggling actor/writer that made a meagre living writing low comedy and crude historical drama which was performed in a dingy theatre outside of town which the authorities regarded as a den of iniquity and were always trying to shut down. His name was Will Shakespeare. I think you'd be surprised what people five hundred years from know will remember about us. The Elizabethans certainly never would have figured we'd still be studying Shakespeare.

Answer 4

I would think so. I can imaging early 21st century re-enactments, where people had to use ground transportation to get around, mobile communication was conducted by bulky hand-held devices instead of induced telepathy, keyboards had to be used with slow, semi-conductor-based computers, and where one had to be a zillionaire to go into space. :-)

Given the major changes in human society in the last few decades and the likely changes in the future, 26th century people may look upon this as a turbulent but progressive era, maybe in the same context that we look at 16th century events like the Reformation and the Age of Exploration (I know, Euro-centric, but that's what I know).

Hope that helps.

Answer 5

Take a look at a World Almanac and figure how many pages this time will boil down to in 500 years. I figure 20 pages, if anyone can still read.

Answer 6

500 years from now people will study the beginning of space exploration the same way we study about Columbus. As secondary points they will mention nuclear technology and the computer, just as a historian would slip in the printing press and gun powder.

Answer 7

im gonna have to say no becasue i dont think the world will last that long supposeably we are all gonna get sucked in by the sun or jesus will come back and we will all die and the dead will go to heaven either way i dont think the human race will last long enough to find out but i also must add that we have lasted this long so 500 yrs cant b to hard.........right?

Answer 8

Only to the people who study history.

Answer 9

We wont be here in 500 years....tick tick tock.

Answer 10

Yes, just as we today are interested in history behind us and what it will tell us of tomorrow, so they will be interested in our todays so it will teach of them their tomorrows.