I've been using a site for a while. For research, for fun, for whatever.
Lots of people don't seem to know it exists,
I'm sure there are a larger than average percentage of steemians who know of it.
It is one of the greatest resources I've found.
I am coming to the idea that it represents more value
in the aggregate intellectual property of humanity
than all of the gold ever dug out of the ground.
Aristotle, Galileo and Newton would collectively crap themselves
if they could have accessed all of this data at the touch of a button.
Da vinci would never have gotten any painting done.
Archimedes would have been out of a job, not that he would have cared.
He would have time for a long soak in the tub, with his tablet, of course.
If it stopped being added to, right now,
it would still take a hundred lifetimes to find my way through all of it.
Today I found electronics, farm veterinary,
lots of old dept of defense videos, and slave trade records from the 1850s.
Every time I think I have mined it out.
I stumble across what amounts to a whole new wing of the library.
There is also, on the homepage, The Wayback Machine.
You can find archived copies of long dead webpages by typing in the url.
Some of you reading this are saying, "well, duh",
but the rest of you, check this out and prepare to be in awe.
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I have used this resource for a very long time. It is pretty amazing.
I found it interesting as a demonstration in how the vast majority of peoples have been dumbed down simply by the lack of access to such texts.
The dumbing down through schooling was most apparent in the children's book archive, especially a copy of Jack and Jill that I discovered. Not only was it a long story but there was another character and a lesson in the ending.
I've found some other very cool books there.
One contained a list of the original land owners in America, and the millions of hectares they purchased before the land was settled beyond trading post status.
Anyway, I'm happy you found this resource and shared.
i am continually amazed as years go by, that so many people do not know this exists. i find things here that are not to be found elsewhere on the web. when doing research, this is on my top 5 list of go to's. thank you for the comment and support.
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I too know about archive.org ;) Thanks for sharing it with steemit.
thanks for the comment. i knew some steemians would know of it.