I'd say the propensity towards generating myths is going to accellerate for two reasons: first, migating all that data is not an easy task - we barely have an u

I'd say the propensity towards generating myths is going to accellerate for two reasons: first, migating all that data is not an easy task - we barely have an upgrade path for simple data such as images. As a result a lot of it is going to be lost. Secondly, we have vast amounts of data but don't have corresponding vast amounts of information or knowledge. Our inability to distil truth from all the mountain of data will ensure that myth fills in all the annoying gaps. Update: the big and important stuff is likely to remain unscathed but as we see in the thread about Malcolm Gladwell we already have instant myth making on a time period of only a few months or years.