Marek McGann#Archives are a human rights issue.
@TimHarford at his superb best clearly articulating how vital archives are our the proper functioning of our societies, and how fragile our current archival ecosystem is...
One for #histodons, amongst others, to nod sagely and spread around I suspect.
https://www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/cautionary-tales/laser-versus-parchment-doomsday-for-the-disc
Laser Versus Parchment: Doomsday for the Disc | Cautionary Tales
In 1086, William the Conqueror pioneered a medieval database. 900 years later, the BBC's began a (digitized) Domesday project of its own... but just a few years later, it became unreadable, the information lost. Digitization of history doesn't ensure longevity, and this erasure can be disastrous.
