Shirky.com is gone
I suppose we can look at this with nostalgic eyes.I was a big Shirky reader back in the day.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.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.Let’s not get too nostalgic. If someone is interested they should try to preserve the writings and keep them going.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.Because in the end… no one really cares.50 years from now children will be asking who was Van Gogh.