The Story of Adolphe Rome from 300 B.C. to 2018 A.D.
DECEMBER 2016 — AROUND THE WORLD
Humans persistently live in an age where the preservation of knowledge is essential. When Trump’s administration began its transition into our government, time was unforgivingly limited; archivists, scientists, and data base experts around the world hurriedly compiled and harbored endangered environmental protection records. Data rescue events were coordinated in the United Kingdom, Greece, Germany, Japan, China and multiple other places to download and scrape data sets. In Toronto, Canada, 150 academics, and activists gathered for a “Guerrilla Archiving Event” the month before the U.S. government conversion took place. These concerned individuals knew that if our knowledge, revelations, and insights were not preserved and if the new administration took down the valuable data, the road to reconnect back to our scientific records would be long and arduous.
FLASHBACK: 48 B.C. to 400 A.D. — ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT
If you are not aware of the Library of Alexandria, it is worth learning about. The Library of Alexandria was once the largest library in the world. Alexander the Great had a vision…