An archive for the future

History of Humanity

An archive of ordinary human life, preserved year by year.

History isn't only made by famous people.

It's made by everyone. The ordinary conversations, hobbies, worries, jokes, routines, opinions, and experiences of everyday people are part of history too.

What will people find here?

A growing record of what it was like to be alive in different moments of human history.

2026

What People in 2026 Think 2126 Will Look Like

A record of how people in 2026 imagined the world 100 years from now — from artificial intelligence and space exploration to longer lives, robots, and entirely new ways of living.

September 1, 2026 · Future & Society

What People did for work in 2026

A record of jobs and what job ment to people in 2026

September 1, 2026 · Daily Life & Society

What People did for fun in 2026

A record of entertainment in 2026

September 2, 2026 · Daily Life & Society

What we lost in 2026

A record of status on things that have been slowly disapearing in 2026 and before

September 2, 2026 · Daily Life & Society

Famous Music of 2026

A record of popular music in 2026

September 3, 2026 · Daily Life & Society

Famous games of 2026

A record of popular games in 2026

September 3, 2026 · Daily Life & Society

Famous TV shows of 2026

A record of popular TV shows in 2026

September 4, 2026 · Daily Life & Society

Will AI Create a Second Gilded Age?

A record of what people thought what kind of future AI would build in 2026

September 4, 2026 · Daily Life & Society

Are Coders the Craftsmen of a New Industrial Revolution?

An exploration of AI-assisted programming, automation, craftsmanship, and how the role of programmers may be changing in 2026.

September 6, 2026 · AI, Programming & Society

Do 2026 Future Films Represent 2026's Idea of the Future?

An examination of the futures imagined by 2026 films and what they reveal about the hopes, fears, and possibilities of the present.

September 6, 2026 · Future & Society

What Is History of Man?

An explanation of the history of humanity and the purpose of preserving how people experienced and understood their own time.

September 6, 2026 · History & Society

What People Thought 2026 Would Look Like vs. Reality

What people in the past thought 2026 would be like vs how it really is.

September 14, 2026 · History & Society

Drop a Dollar Anywhere in History

An interactive look at how a dollar's purchasing power changes across history, using U.S. consumer-price data.

September 2026 · Money & Economics

What Do People Think Is the Best Form of Government in 2026?

A survey-based look at what people around the world think about democracy, government, and other ways of running a country.

September 2026 · Politics & Society
2027

The year is still being written.

Future entries will document the things people chose to remember.

2040

Not yet written.

Someone living in 2040 may look back at these entries and discover what life was actually like decades earlier.

History is happening right now.

Most of it won't make the news. Most people won't have a biography written about them. Most ordinary moments will simply disappear.

Unless someone preserves them.

What should be remembered?

Your entry doesn't need to be important. That's the point.

Daily Life What was an ordinary day like?
Technology What technology shaped your life?
Culture Music, games, movies, trends and traditions.
School & Work How did people spend their time?
Thoughts What did people believe or worry about?
Anything Else If it mattered to you, it belongs here.

One day, today will be history.

Leave something behind for the people who will wonder what it was really like to live through this time.