Our online history is disappearing at an astonishing rate, creating a black hole for future historians.
“Our descendants will surely be grateful for a record that reflects more than marketable data and consumer preferences. As to preservation, though, the problem may be intractable. Between private profits, the privacy of personal histories and our hunger for perpetual renewal, “history” itself may be a concept ripe for rethinking: not so much the objective sifting of sources as a living thing, perpetually remade across networks for which there’s no time but the present.
Interesting
Not viewable in the UK as it is provided by BBC WorldWide!