In general over time communication has become far lower cost and more ephemeral. The richness of the faxes back and forth, or handwritten letters from even earlier eras - in contrast with your average SMS message is interesting to think about.
Faxes and paper letter existed on paper. How many of us expect to be able to find emails or SMSes from 40-50 years ago?
If we could only write one SMS/txt to a person a day, and they responded in 24 hours -- how would that shape our conversations?
Does any one expect to be able to get anything out of FB 30 years from now :) ?
I had my own domain for many years, hosted on an OpenBSD server in my basement.
I've kept all of that on a ZFS volume, and one day when I'm retired, I will open them and read the thoughts of my younger self, and try to remember names I've long forgotten, many of whom are likely long gone.
From time to time, I've needed that archive for specific knowledge, but with a clear schedule I will reminisce its breadth.
In general over time communication has become far lower cost and more ephemeral. The richness of the faxes back and forth, or handwritten letters from even earlier eras - in contrast with your average SMS message is interesting to think about.
Faxes and paper letter existed on paper. How many of us expect to be able to find emails or SMSes from 40-50 years ago?
If we could only write one SMS/txt to a person a day, and they responded in 24 hours -- how would that shape our conversations?
Does any one expect to be able to get anything out of FB 30 years from now :) ?
So much to think about.