I keep flipping back and forth on the digital vs. analog future of media. Digital data can be cheaply propagated forever so long as the technology continuously

I keep flipping back and forth on the digital vs. analog future of media. Digital data can be cheaply propagated forever so long as the technology continuously exists, but won't be easily recoverable from the physical artifacts if the tech is lost. Human-readable analog recordings can remain legible for thousands of years without special tools. But then you have the great burning of the library of Alexandria... We're in a strange transitional state right now, and the future will probably lie somewhere between these extremes. (I realize that's a really weak stand to take...) Hell, maybe the Singularity hits and we put aside petty human concerns in favor of figuring out how to escape this Universe which is going to end in the Big Crunch. Or is it the Big Freeze? I forget which is the current prediction.