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I came here to ask a similar question, but for one's own self: What's the best way to preserve the artifacts of your own life and ensure they're disseminated a

I came here to ask a similar question, but for one's own self: What's the best way to preserve the artifacts of your own life and ensure they're disseminated after you're dead, or at least available, especially if you're a solitary person with no foreseeable descendants? GitHub? Why isn't there a service like that? or is there? Something that makes your files public based on some condition.

zelphirkalt 4y ago
You could give them to the public via the Internet Archive and a license that makes them publicly available for everyone at no cost, only keeping authorship in place. Might be that solid writing skills are required, so that your written artifacts are seen as valuable for future generations.
- Razengan 4y ago
  > Might be that solid writing skills are required, so that your written artifacts are seen as valuable That would be a barrier for many people, especially those with Impostor Syndrome who would never consider anything they do "valuable", but would still like to leave something behind. Basically a snapshot of your digital footprint at the time of your death.
  - jl6 4y ago
    Have friends and family, bequeath your stuff to them, and hope they value it enough to keep it.
    - Razengan 4y ago
      > Have friends and family You see the problem..
  - remram 4y ago
    Why would you want the world to hold on to your not-valuable artifacts forever once you're gone? That just sounds like pollution.
    - Razengan 4y ago
      Most archaeological artifacts were just garbage..
jackvalentine 4y ago
> What's the best way to preserve the artifacts of your own life and ensure they're disseminated after you're dead, or at least available, especially if you're a solitary person with no foreseeable descendants? Do it yourself while you’re alive. Failing that curate everything in the ‘release’ state and then have a law firm execute your last will and testament with everything they need to make it public.

zelphirkalt 4y ago

You could give them to the public via the Internet Archive and a license that makes them publicly available for everyone at no cost, only keeping authorship in place. Might be that solid writing skills are required, so that your written artifacts are seen as valuable for future generations.

Razengan 4y ago
> Might be that solid writing skills are required, so that your written artifacts are seen as valuable That would be a barrier for many people, especially those with Impostor Syndrome who would never consider anything they do "valuable", but would still like to leave something behind. Basically a snapshot of your digital footprint at the time of your death.
- jl6 4y ago
  Have friends and family, bequeath your stuff to them, and hope they value it enough to keep it.
  - Razengan 4y ago
    > Have friends and family You see the problem..
- remram 4y ago
  Why would you want the world to hold on to your not-valuable artifacts forever once you're gone? That just sounds like pollution.
  - Razengan 4y ago
    Most archaeological artifacts were just garbage..

jackvalentine 4y ago

> What's the best way to preserve the artifacts of your own life and ensure they're disseminated after you're dead, or at least available, especially if you're a solitary person with no foreseeable descendants? Do it yourself while you’re alive. Failing that curate everything in the ‘release’ state and then have a law firm execute your last will and testament with everything they need to make it public.