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I would imagine it was harder to get information on topics as you would've had to buy/borrow encyclopedias to do.

Were there proprietary predecessor websites?

Tell me about the dark ages!

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[–] protist@mander.xyz 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

TIL the entirety of recorded human history was just a transition period between the oral tradition and Wikipedia lmao

[–] superkret@feddit.org 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

When you plot the development of modern humans on a timeline, oral tradition makes up 95% of it.

[–] protist@mander.xyz 2 points 1 week ago

"What was life like before Wikipedia?"

"Well, you see, in the year 7000 BC..."