> As in: how many libraries of Alexandria do we lose each day on the web? Because it it's too high a number, then the web is fundamentally broken. If your brai

> As in: how many libraries of Alexandria do we lose each day on the web? Because it it's too high a number, then the web is fundamentally broken. If your brain remembered every piece of information it stumbled upon, you'd cease to function before your first birthday. Your computer would be out of RAM before it gets past its BIOS check. And your HDD would get filled to capacity in less than a week and become inoperable. The web doesn't have to preserve everything. 99% of everything is garbage, and I'm being conservative. Forgetting is an essential capability, and we should focus on quality, not quantity.