Regarding passing stuff on, I imagine it will go like this, just as it always has done: 1. Leave important data to children in your will. 2. Die. 3. For you,

Regarding passing stuff on, I imagine it will go like this, just as it always has done: 1. Leave important data to children in your will. 2. Die. 3. For you, there is no step 3 :) In the long run, if your data is valuable to your descendants, they will be sure to take good care of it. On the other hand, if your data is valuable only to you, consider what just happened in step 2...