Ever wonder whether our descendants will look back on us as we look do the builders of the Pyramids? Mysterious, vaguely defined people whose lives and rhythms are almost impossible to imagine, known only through scraps — of drawings, pyramids, sarcophagi. If you have, go read Archiving a website for ten thousand years in the Atlantic, which uses an economy of words to go deep into the meaning and practicalities of time capsules. Or flip to the inventory of items contained in the 1940-vintage time capsule at Oglethorpe University that’s not to be opened until 8113 (the year eight thousand, one-hundred and thirteen).

Meanwhile: Which Rock Star Will Historians of the Future Remember?“The most important musical form of the 20th century will be nearly forgotten one day. People will probably learn about the genre through one figure — but who might that be?”Any story that can reference Saturday Night Fever and the [Redacted] Pistols’ “Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the [Redacted] Pistols” in the same sentence could only have been written by Chuck Klosterman. And we’re betting the answer to the headline question will put a small smile on your face.