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Individual books can last much longer than a hundred years. Worst case, engrave it on a clay tablet and bury it in a bog.
by dullcrisp 9mo ago
Individual books can last much longer than a hundred years.
Worst case, engrave it on a clay tablet and bury it in a bog.
- jaggederest 9mo agoFor high reliability, I think I would suggest engraving it into a low reactivity nonvaluable metal, perhaps titanium sheet would be a good choice. Couple that with a backup on printed archival paper using carbon toner or an art-grade ink or dye. Between the two of them they will probably resist damage for 100 years or so. Brass or bronze would also be a decent option, but you'd have to make the text larger for it to be readable with corrosion. Perhaps braille would be an interesting choice there. And ceramics are a great choice - clay tablets, when fired, can last millenia. I think between the three of a metal sheet, clay tablet, and paper book, one of the three is almost certain to survive a century.
- dustingetz 9mo agothe question is more about making the content readable by his progeny. Otherwise, encode into bitcoin ledger, done.
- dullcrisp 9mo agoThat’s taking the bet that the Bitcoin ledger will be easier to read than bog tablets 100 years from now.