Your information lasting forever can be an issue when it's controlled by companies who exploit your data (and even short term that data can be exploited). If it

Your information lasting forever can be an issue when it's controlled by companies who exploit your data (and even short term that data can be exploited). If it's under your control than it can be quite useful. I can only see upsides to having old files and info; it is unlike too many objects which can cause issues in the physical world. That email I wrote 30 years ago in high school does no harm just sitting taking a few bytes of space. But if one day I wonder when I first read a memorable book and can find that the same email was part of a conversation about it to a friend, well, that adds depth and perspective to my understanding of it and, more broadly, my life and personal growth. To me, archiving is part of being more mindful. Also, as a historian I hope future historians can find bits of text that we think don't matter at all but will help later generations understand our lives (i.e., their past and therefore themselves).