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It makes me sad that there is a non-zero chance that in a few hundred years, the end of the 20th century and the 21st century could become modern dark ages beca
by vidanay 6y ago
It makes me sad that there is a non-zero chance that in a few hundred years, the end of the 20th century and the 21st century could become modern dark ages because of the inability to access digital media of the time.
- Ekaros 6y agoAnd end of 20th century is much more likely to be this. And very likely it has already happened. As the digital storage formats in both physical and digital sense were much less standardised... Stories of medias not being readable any more because of lost or outdated readers or computers are not uncommon. Not to even mention obscure fileformats... On other hand now everything is in cloud and simpler to move around and it's hopefully replicated to some degree... Still question we might have moved to is the amount of data. There is likely already way too much digital information like video out there to sanely replicated. Even the important parts. Just think if Youtube were to go down and no one were there to pickup atleast some of the important bits... Not unlikely scenario if anti-trust stances harden and there really isn't sustainable model...
- DavidSJ 6y agoIt's true that media and file formats weren't as standardized in the late 20th century, but nowadays, so much of our world is stored in the cloud, or on devices we own yet barely control, and subject to the mercurial whims and business interests of this corporation or that one.