My parents have saved tons of boxes of old family photographs growing up. They are fun to look at from time to time, because it used to be a bit harder to create photos. I wonder if the next generation of people will collect moments the same way we used to, seeing how quick and easy things are posted online. I’m sure many of them don’t even have pictures saved locally somewhere and rely on social media and the cloud to store their past.
I think digital pictures are gonna cause a lot of problems with trust, especially if you have a bit of paranoia.
I watched a Vsauce video on the idea of implanting false memories and I got scared af. Like I always mentally add a “this info is from X source” sort of “tag” to the memory, but after learning of that concept, it made me more paranoid. I have childhood photos (in physical form) that I kinda doubt if its me. For all I know, my mother could be not my real mother and those are fake photos to remove any doubt.
Imagine the future of internet photos? AI generated fake photos? Are your parents really your parents or just kidnappers?
(Okay maybe I watched too many documentaries on kidnappings)