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Curious how the longevity will turn out for projects like Internet Archive's Wayback machine and Wikipedia. I know the latter can be downloaded to a reasonably sized USB key, and storage will continue to get more dense / cheaper. How long will the populace keep maintaining such works? If civilization breaks down will individuals keep copies propagating faster than media rots out? (Like how ancient myths were kept alive through storytelling)


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