Reflections as the Internet Archive turns 25
How many books have you read that were published in the 1800s?<p>I’m betting close to zero.<p>Unfortunately, most people 200 years from now won’t care about the 70 petabytes the Internet Archive has saved.<p>Don’t misunderstand: I am glad they do this and love their work. I just think we overestimate the long-term value of this info beyond a very small set of future historians or social historians.<p>Most people have their lives to live in this moment, and if they have a chance to look backwards before they were born, it’s not a big piece of their time.