Thinking that anything on the internet is permanent is kind of freaky. The whole endeavour, from monetizing data to using the web as a digital scrapbook freaks me out. I am of two minds of this and I am not smart enough to grasp any meaning out of it.
On one hand I do remember back in the early days of BB’s being horrified with the realiz…
Thinking that anything on the internet is permanent is kind of freaky. The whole endeavour, from monetizing data to using the web as a digital scrapbook freaks me out. I am of two minds of this and I am not smart enough to grasp any meaning out of it.
On one hand I do remember back in the early days of BB’s being horrified with the realization that my participation did not evaporate. Though as you talk about here, lots of that data has been lost now. It feels right if you think of all the lives which have been lead since the dawn of time, and that we only have a record of the smallest fraction of them. out side a meta sense, why would anyone care what a bunch of weirdo’s talked about of their specialized forum on 2001.
On the other hand, in my day job I am history and policy nerd, I am always trying to figure out why decisions where made, who made them and what was their rationale. I print documents and save emails in the hopes that one day any of it will be useful...
I think your thinking pretty well reflects mine. Intellectually, I know that things on the internet should be temporary. Yet in practice, I've always been keen to preserve everything. I think I expected our major platforms to have died away by now, taking everything with them.
Thinking that anything on the internet is permanent is kind of freaky. The whole endeavour, from monetizing data to using the web as a digital scrapbook freaks me out. I am of two minds of this and I am not smart enough to grasp any meaning out of it.
On one hand I do remember back in the early days of BB’s being horrified with the realization that my participation did not evaporate. Though as you talk about here, lots of that data has been lost now. It feels right if you think of all the lives which have been lead since the dawn of time, and that we only have a record of the smallest fraction of them. out side a meta sense, why would anyone care what a bunch of weirdo’s talked about of their specialized forum on 2001.
On the other hand, in my day job I am history and policy nerd, I am always trying to figure out why decisions where made, who made them and what was their rationale. I print documents and save emails in the hopes that one day any of it will be useful...
https://youtu.be/iQ4W8w69XEw
“Before I spill the things I mean to hide away
Or gouge my eyes with platitudes of sentiment
I'll drown the urge for permanence and certainty
Crouch down and scrawl my name with yours in wet cement”
I think your thinking pretty well reflects mine. Intellectually, I know that things on the internet should be temporary. Yet in practice, I've always been keen to preserve everything. I think I expected our major platforms to have died away by now, taking everything with them.