> We really need something that could store data for 80 years minimum. We have that. We know how to put digital data onto paper, at high density. Not high comp

> We really need something that could store data for 80 years minimum. We have that. We know how to put digital data onto paper, at high density. Not high compared to actual drives or even optic disks of course, but still enough that we could put all importan data that a person produces throughout a lifetime into a large box of A4 sheets, which would still be legible after many decades. All that's needed is an agreement on a clever collection of formats for text and images, maybe even video, formats that are well documented (ideally the documentation is stored alongside the data). The problem is not that we don't have the tech to do such things, the problem is a) In our current world, the only things that seem to get huge amounts of resources are those that make some shareholders happy b) Most of the data humanity produces these days, is useless noise, and the only reason anyone collects it, is to make a quick buck. And generative AI has made this trend a lot worse.