You imply that conventional hard drives are the only storage mechanism that exists. It's a valid point, but there are ways to keep data around. The monks of 500

You imply that conventional hard drives are the only storage mechanism that exists. It's a valid point, but there are ways to keep data around. The monks of 500-1000 years ago were writing books that were meant to be kept for a long period of time, so they were already thinking past their own lifetime (even a monk's comment in the article mentions that).