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The saddest thing about this is how desperately people cling to records of the past, as if they matter. If you actually missed something from back then, you wo
by peterwwillis 7y ago
The saddest thing about this is how desperately people cling to records of the past, as if they matter.
If you actually missed something from back then, you would remember it, and it's not really gone. If you don't remember it, it wasn't important. But here people are, trying to convince you you've lost something that you don't even know what it is.
The first time you lose all your files, it feels like disaster. The second time, you realize it's just digital materialism, and you get along
just fine without it.
- carapace 7y ago"All things are impermanent.", eh? :-)
- btrettel 7y ago> If you don't remember it, it wasn't important. I've found time and time again that something I thought wasn't important before can end up being very important later. That's only what I can remember, too. Plus, there's a selection bias in what you remember. If you don't remember it, how would you know that it's important or not later? If the cost is small then I think "digital materialism" is probably mostly okay. I've come to the conclusion that it's hard for me to predict the importance of things later, so if something appears to be ephemeral and has even a modest chance of being important later, I'll archive it and organize it so I can find it later if I want to.