“Curating” or sending information down the Memory Hole means that we are losing historical truth.

One thing I try to do in my writing is to source claims that I make. If I write something as banal as the sun and the moon being two different things, then I don’t think that a formal reference link is needed. But if I make a claim as to somebody’s actions or comments or some historical event, I often try to add a hyperlink so that a curious reader can confirm my statement. I don’t care if people say my articles are boring or repetitive or obvious. I would lose sleep if I were accused of misrepresenting facts or historical events.

As I look up information to support my various arguments and contentions, I have noticed something quite disturbing. Like many—if not most— I default to Google for general searches. Truth be told, I doubt that common AI engines (other than Grok) would be different. What I have found is that the information I seek is often no longer to be found in Google’s curated history. I first noticed this behavior a couple of years ago. My wife’s friend works in an Israeli government ministry and bought into the “world is heating up” rubbish hook, line, and sinker. I told her that there was plenty of research and evidence to suggest that there is nothing particularly unusual about the climate and that the goal was control and not good science. She asked me for references, so I began my search. I clearly recalled an event in Texas in which scorching temperatures were accompanied by very weak winds. The upshot was virtually no electricity production from the Lone Star State’s prodigious fields of wind turbines. There were power outages, and a big question mark was put over the concept of investing in “green” technologies that may just not be there when you need them. So, like a fool, I tried to find........

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