[thecodont]

So...is this what we are going to accomplish? All data gone from a society that digitized it?

It's such a joy to enter a rare books collection in a library, and read and handle books that were printed 500 years ago. Given careful preservation, they will be readable 500 years from now.

[Star Traveler]

You said — It’s such a joy to enter a rare books collection in a library, and read and handle books that were printed 500 years ago. Given careful preservation, they will be readable 500 years from now.

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I’m sure it is a joy and interesting and really “something” to do that. It’s like going into museums... but society doesn’t operate as a museum. And so, while we enjoy museums — we live in the 22nd Century...