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See: [http://metaphortean.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/forbidden-palentology/ Forever Paleontology] | See: [http://metaphortean.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/forbidden-palentology/ Forever Paleontology] | ||
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All electronically mediated subjects act in ways that are increasingly paleontological. Facebook is a system with layers of geological history. The E-mail inbox is a rapidly expanding site of excavation which one must continually query. The newness of everything buries one's ability to reach it without digging.
See: Forever Paleontology
Everyone has a persistent paleontologist. Everyone is now a paloonlogist, always going out to email, searching, digging up what you need. Finding what got buried before.