I don't think comparing the writings of probably the most prominent figure of history writing to the platitudes (which is the 99% of 'blogs' being promoted here) generated by the average techbro grifter is the way to go with this...
2000 years ago Herodotus was talking and writing and nobody cared and his buddy was probably like, hey man remember that one guy from 300 years ago nobody knew who he was but look at him now! Everyone knows his name! And then some snarky roman was like, "I don't think comparing the great works of that guy from 300 years ago and the platitudes of this Herodotus guy is the way to go with this... " and he used the ellipsis even to indicate how little he respected this opinion to imply that he would say more but really what's the point with fools like these...
The difference being that I don't believe the digital archives of today will survive the test of time, as well as the Herodotus manuscripts.
Assuming we don't kill ourselves out of the planet, good luck to whoever will be digging hard drives 3000 years from now, and trying to understand what is stored in them, assuming the magnetic field is still readable.
Nit: In Herodotus's times Rome was small and humble city state. The snarky Roman would need to travel far far away from where people spoke Latin to be able to talk to Herodotus (in Greek!) although they both lived on Iberian peninsula.
