Shirky.com is gone
I suppose we can look at this with nostalgic eyes.<p>I was a big Shirky reader back in the day.<p>But the truth is that all kinds of things disappear all the time in all aspects of life. The web is no different at all.<p>Take my dad for instance - a quite profilic and famous mid level artist. It’s coming to the point where not much people remember him. And when my siblings pass on that will be that.<p>Let’s not get too nostalgic. If someone is interested they should try to preserve the writings and keep them going.<p>That’s why certain groups have taken it upon themselves to preserve old important films. And as we know they are always fighting for more donations to keep things going.<p>Because in the end… no one really cares.<p>50 years from now children will be asking who was Van Gogh.