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This feels like a really interesting idea that would benefit from a real world use case.

As it is now, the main motivation is "save your attention, your wallet, your creativity, your soul and the planet" which to me sounds like no specific purpose, which makes it hard to imagine if the result will have any use in 50 years.

As a comparison point this story about warning signs [0] makes the challenges a lot more palatable, and that's how I'd see any chance of success for a product design.

And that makes me wonder how many actual long lasting computer projects already exist in the world, for instance to control nuclear reactors, to activate water pumping stations, control emergency valves etc.

[0] https://99percentinvisible.org/article/beyond-biohazard-dang...



A wholly wasted effort.

If civilization survives they will have the equipment to detect a nuclear hazard and they will preserve the meaning for long enough for it not to be a big deal. If civilization does not survive an old waste facility is a very minor issue in comparison.

Likewise, biohazards will simply not be a threat for long enough for the meaning to be lost unless things fall apart at which point again it's a very minor issue in comparison.




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