Relics are a thing of the past

One thing I can't stand is a museum. Museums are full of old, musty stuff from the past. I think it's a real waste of money to try and preserve old things - it's all going to disappear eventually isn't it? You can't preserve things forever can you?

Advances in medical science have allowed us to see inside the human body, and modern medical techniques have been used to see inside the bodies of long dead mummies too. Why not use modern technology to map out artifacts that we find, and then store the data for posterity in the digital domain? You could then allow scientists from all around the world to examine artifacts by duplicating the digital copy.

Old buildings also suffer from expensive upkeep. Why not just grind down old buildings and their contents, and use the rubble as a foundation for brand new high-rise flats that will help deal with the housing shortages that we currently suffer from? If you want to visit the past, all you'll need to do is plug your brain into the internet, and download into your mind the items that were scanned in for posterity.