Persistent Paleontology

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Definition

Persistent paleontology is a way of describing the system of 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.

Those who interact with a number is a persistent paleontologist. Everyone is now a paleontologist, always going out to email, searching, digging up what you need. Finding what got buried before.

For more, see Forever Paleontology

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