Check out the Rosetta Disk <https://www.amusingplanet.com/2017/04/the-rosetta-disk-preserving-worlds.html>, which aims to preserve the basics of thousands of languages in a form that will survive and remain readable with changing technology, and could be widely distributed.
On Saturday, May 22, 2021 at 1:56:26 PM UTC-5 Mark S. wrote: > So you think we should put all our stuff in a cave in France? > > We were watching a show from S. Korea, and came across something > interesting. Apparently they have walk-in kiosks where you can visit the > ashes and memorabilia of your ancestors. The walls are lined with > terrarium-like glass boxes with the vases, images, etc. inside. Family > members (apparently) have keys, so they can open the boxes and update the > contents. That seems like the ideal place to store a digital USB stick > filled with all your "important" writings. Of course, no one knows how long > those USB sticks will last. Technically inscriptions on clay tablets will > last for centuries, but it's hard to put a lot on a single tablet. > > That all would allow someone who is really motivated to review your words > of wisdom down through the ages. But if you want the rest of the world to > find it, then you're stuck with either libraries or the internet. To get > into libraries, you need to write a really good book that won't go out of > print. Good luck with that. I know books I liked as a kid are no longer > available. Oh, even books by classic authors have been banned and pulled > from publication. > > A newer idea is to embed your work into etherium or similar NFT .But of > course, we have no clue how long these ledgers will continue to be > maintained. > > In the future, people will encode information into DNA and slip it into > their own genome. Then they really will pass their wisdom down to their > children. > > On Saturday, May 22, 2021 at 3:20:44 AM UTC-7 TiddlyTweeter wrote: > >> Ha! that is a great way to convey the issue I was trying to get at in the >> OP! >> >> TX! >> >> jonligh...@gmail.com wrote: >> >>> >>> TT >>I think it worth adding to my somewhat gnostic post that SO FAR the >>> internet is far more fragile than PRINT. >>> >> >>> The evidence so far is on your side! :-) >>> >>> [image: b880e50b5749fd5de2b10ccf5eb592e0.jpg] >>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/a0b76b85-1c6b-4c4b-982e-ae02189bb95en%40googlegroups.com.
