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> so almost all of the information that is online right now will just disappear in the next 80 years. > And we essentially only have one single entity that tri
by Bluestein 2y ago
> so almost all of the information that is online right now will just disappear in the next 80 years.
> And we essentially only have one single entity that tries to retain that information.
Will future ages find ours a dark age, a gap in their records, a void ...
... up until the point - if ever - where a sufficiently advanced solution for permanence is found and comes online?
- Intralexical 2y ago> ... up until the point - if ever - where a sufficiently advanced solution for permanence is found and comes online? Like the laser printer? The cost of permanent, physical preservation is pennies. People just don't do it for most things. And it doesn't guarantee accessibility, which has hosting costs.
- Bluestein 2y ago> Like the laser printer? Sure. Whatever works.- But I meant one that is systematically and systemically and widely used.-
- JohnFen 2y ago> Will future ages find ours a dark age, a gap in their records, a void I think this is a very likely future, yes.
- Bluestein 2y agoGrim, indeed.-