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I was thinking that DNA is a pretty robust storage medium. Perhaps we could use it in coming years to store data for long term survival. Though considering the
by elcritch 6y ago
I was thinking that DNA is a pretty robust storage medium. Perhaps we could use it in coming years to store data for long term survival.
Though considering these comments and the advent of mRNA/CRISPR, perhaps we could store data for future generations in our own DNA. That'd be fascinating if you could read journals or even audio/video of your ancestors from your biological inheritance from them. What if we could engineer an extra chromosome to do just that, then let them remix and recombine segments of memories so everyone's would be unique.
- elcritch 6y agoOr if you really want your data to survive, engineer it into a virus for your local species of cockroaches! Getting the data back could be gross, but it'll survive nuclear holocaust. ;)
- adrianN 6y agoJust store your diaries in a line of yeast that produces tasty beer or wine. That could work. I wonder what the oldest yeast lines in use today are, and how stable their genomes are.