Unveiling Truths Amid Chaos: Ed Simon’s Radical Take on Writing in the Apocalypse
In writing for preservation, he recounts the story of Boethius, who penned a treatise in the sixth century (as he was about to be hanged) called The Consolation of Philosophy, which is “a capsule from one culture’s final moments through the eclipse of the next centuries.” How can we share a similar capsule with future generations? It reminds me of what we sent along with the two Voyager spacecraft, which have now been in space for almost 50 years: a golden record etched with songs and images and stories of our culture, including greetings in many languages, to be seen and experienced by whomever or whatever is in outer space and obtains our time capsule. This is part of our history, preserved on a golden record in 1977. But it isn’t just for outer space — current generations look at what we deemed was important to send into space, and learn as much about our culture as space beings would.
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