Subj : Re: A Digital Ark For The End of The World
To   : Ogg
From : Greenlfc
Date : Tue Jan 10 2023 05:37:43

On 09 Jan 2023, Ogg said the following...
 
 Og> Yeah.. but how much "data" do you need to preserve for the rest  
 Og> of you lifetime?  You can only watch and rewatch a very small  
 Og> fraction of what your stockpiling. And.. it won't really do any  
 Og> good for anyone else.

I think there are two parts to the question.

1. You can only consume so much media.  The trick there is, do you know what media you're going to need?  Am I going to need video on preserving meat or rebuilding a 1980s Land Rover?  A lot of folks who hoard reference material are firmly in this camp.

2. Nobody else can read or use the data you save.  Depending on who you mean, it could do lots of people good.  If you're in a community post-crash, then a properly stocked library could make a world of difference in the quality of life of everyone there.  If the computer survives 100 or 1000 years and some future digital archaeologist gets access to it, even if they have to do a lot of forensics and recovery, the information contained might not be available anywhere else.

In both cases, it's not just about the archivist's lifetime, it's about preserving data for posterity in a way that can be used to benefit society as a whole if bad things happen. 

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