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The Way We Write History Has Changed
A deep dive into an archive will never be the same.
"Wellerstein points to a related problem he found himself fighting. When you digitize more, you can be tempted to believe that your record is complete, even though historians know that only certain things are captured in documentary evidence. “You can overestimate your knowledge when it looks like you have everything,” he says."
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/01/smartphone-archives-history-photography/605284/
A deep dive into an archive will never be the same.
"Wellerstein points to a related problem he found himself fighting. When you digitize more, you can be tempted to believe that your record is complete, even though historians know that only certain things are captured in documentary evidence. “You can overestimate your knowledge when it looks like you have everything,” he says."
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/01/smartphone-archives-history-photography/605284/
