As I continue exploring our interesting world of today, I start to wonder what tourist destinations people will seek out 200 years from now? I have enjoyed travelling to Egypt, Peru, Russia, South America, Europe, etc. In virtually all cases I found myself seeking artifacts of prior civilizations - Old churches or places of worship, old "things" that paved the way to today's standards. Pyramids, Mayan ruins, Greek ruins, etc.
So what are we creating TODAY which will be considered interesting for the people who come 200 years from now? It seems to me that most of our new stuff is buildings and cities. Plus lots of technological developments - what interest will that be in 200 years?
I'd say that the first smart phones, computers etc will be laughably clunky and slow compared to whatever exists in 200 years and will be in museums for a long time. Physical money could be seen as weird too, especially coins.
I’ve explored today’s computer museums. Aside from the MIT core ram made with round magnets and a matrix of wires in a 1 meter cube, have not seen much that would cause me to travel to a destination.
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