And of course, we shouldn't forget Vladikavkaz Technology Center's Baspik , which makes high-tech night-vision equipment--just what every sapper team needs anywhere in the world.
Eventually, as happened to Lucretius, people (if any remain) forget about the old information and technology and lose the knowledge of how to retrieve it.
While we may be trying to reform our schools to make them more STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) focused, we cannot forget about the importance of history.