“We are nonchalantly throwing all of our data into what could become an information black hole without realising it. We digitise…

“We are nonchalantly throwing all of our data into what could become an information black hole without realising it. We digitise things because we think we will preserve them, but what we don’t understand is that unless we take other steps, those digital versions may not be any better, and may even be worse, than the artefacts that we digitised,” Cerf told the Guardian. “If there are photos you really care about, print them out.”

–Google boss warns of ‘forgotten century’ with email and photos at risk | Technology | The Guardian (viaphotographsonthebrain)