Corporations Are Crappy Archivists
Not just archiving of published documentation - they’re poor at archiving internally too.<p>If you’ve ever been to some old heritage industrial site like a textile mill or other Victorian-era factory, you’ll notice them displaying old records like lists of customers, the employee payroll, notes between managers discussing events, and other items of historical interest.<p>None of that will exist to future historians of our current industries. Privacy regulations, data lifecycle policies, absence of respect for corporate memory, and fear of legal discovery - these are all going to leave a black hole.<p>The only things that will get preserved are the “important” things like board papers and financial statements. But those are not the things that give insight into corporate life.