The
past civilization of mankind are investigated and studied by Archaeologist of
today using their different tools in excavating the remains of the past and
dating the remains with the accurate interpretations from the given written
data recording. Until today many
historical stories are not in their conclusive evidence data, leaving a paradoxical
story to the living civilization of today.
Since the birth of computing and the internet, huge change in
communication and data acquisition changes the nature of information and data
gathering and storage. In the future
Archeologist and Anthropologist will not only investigate the raw evidence from
the “underworld” but also, Archaeologist and Anthropologist of the future will
consider the human civilization and behavior inside the internet.
Digital
Archaeology gives the civilization’s day to day behavior inside the internet which
can be a digital artifacts in the near future.
Many external computer gadgets that can be useful in gathering data of
today like google glasses, smart houses, go pro and they like are just simple
examples of electronic data gathering tools that can be of used in actual data
gathering from our day to day activities at present. In terms of business, the artifacts that can
be of use today are the recorded data in the stock market for example in a
macro business perspective or the simplest purchasing of consumer goods in the
convenient store recorded in the computer system of the business company are
all data for the future of Digital Archaeology.
In terms of analyzing the raw data today, in the near future, Data
scientist will consider the time when the original data is being encoded and
the present situation when the data scientist is using the information for
study. Intellectual Synthesis considers
the time from the past and the modern time fusing the derivatives of the past
and present variables.
Furthermore,
the present dependence of our community today in terms of digitalization will
create a digital village and community from now and then. With this concept digital archeology is possible
in investigating the past of civilization in the near future. Likewise, in the field of medical technology,
engineers relating to bio-technology are already using the micro machines that
can detect the human body’s reaction to the medicine and the environment for
example. Come to think of it that all human interactions and day-to-day physical
movement can be analyzed through the AI system used in all sorts of company’s
ICT infrastructure interconnecting through data interchange with other business
organization used for business transaction executions. To give a detailed example, the passport
system of today has a technology that enable the immigration division to look
into the details of a given citizen to his or her government records using the
QR or Bar code of the passport. Likewise, those records can be used with other
business entities like banks and stock markets that when a given citizen who is
a violator by law cannot transact business with the International market
anymore given that his records in the government is not lucrative to the
society.
Furthermore,
this government record written online can be a reference of a given citizen
in the near future when the need of Digital Archaeology analysis will arise. When the governments of the world will impose
the universal ID card system this process will allow the digital record system
of today useful for the next generation to come. As immigration is rapidly increasing with the
positive effect on business and trade it is but necessary for governments to
impose the universal card system to prevent lawless elements going in and out
in international borders. The utopia of
world knowledge inside the internet is the future of digital archaeology were
governments can unify and share digital data or data interchange for world
security and civil business transaction purposes.
Digital Archaeology
Interview with Jim Boulton
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