> though it's hard to beat the durability and cost of LTO tape for long-term archival I'm not entirely comfortable with the trend towards ever more esoteric an

> though it's hard to beat the durability and cost of LTO tape for long-term archival I'm not entirely comfortable with the trend towards ever more esoteric and seemingly "all or nothing" technologies. Tape (and other physical things) may have their downsides, but I think there's something to be said for something that could (theoretically) be forgotten in a closet and read 50 years later. Likewise, AM radio may not be the best quality, but it seems like you can cover more area with a single installation than any other communication technology, which might come in handy after a serious disaster like a nuclear war (e.g. crank up the nighttime power of some undamaged countryside station running on generators to tell survivors where it's still safe).