The internet is almost 20 years old
Just under 30% of the entire population of the earth is hooked into it
All those people have pumped unfathomable amounts of effort and creativity into it… information, content, ideas, tools, services, art, science… you name it, it’s online.
It’s changed our world and how we live our lives by providing a whole new reality and environment
But none of it is real and the thing that amazes and enthralls us today, will have vanished without a trace by tomorrow
Sure various types of data persist, but eventually if someone severs the connection… it’s gone.
The creativity of the past is treasured in galleries and museums, our ancestor’s innovations are resurrected from the earth and marveled at, even the mundane records of our daily lives warrant a more permanent presence… but what of all the online brilliance, creativity and ingenuity? That incredible site, that fantastic new tool, that indispensible new service or community… how can we make the day they are superseded, which they all will be, from also being the day they are lost to history?
That’s why I love this idea: http://www.storyworldwide.com/digital-archaeology/
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