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Taking a minute to appreciate the level of long term thinking required for storing data, to plan for 300-500 years into the future, to be able to withstand all
by nashashmi 5mo ago
Taking a minute to appreciate the level of long term thinking required for storing data, to plan for 300-500 years into the future, to be able to withstand all kinds of innovations, and survive basic obsolescence.
What is the longest surviving paper medium?
- StilesCrisis 5mo agoDead sea scrolls come to mind, for some values of "survive." And the Book of Kells is in good shape.
- nashashmi 5mo agoLongest surviving paper document (as opposed to parchment) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missal_of_Silos?wprov=sfti1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missal_of_Silos?wprov=sfti1