We often think of content uploaded to the Internet as "forever," but companies go out of business, media becomes obsolete, and servers are shut off. But for the first time in human history, we have the ability to preserve granular cultural memory. We just need the will to do it...and the server space.
That's why The Internet Archive (casually known as the "Wayback Machine") is saving 75 terabytes of information ... a day. This includes website images, tweets, podcasts, old timey radio broadcasts, phonebooks, VHS tapes, concert recordings, Twitch streams, software and much more. Most of this seems ephemeral, and a general waste of disk space. But the importance of a single tweet, video or long-forgotten blog post may not make itself known for years (or centuries?) to come.
This week, Alli and Lindsey speak with the free range archivist Jason Scott, who has become an ambassador for the Internet Archive. They discuss the importance of preserving memory, the Herculean task of categorizing it, ongoing efforts to improve archive diversity, the new software archive Discmaster, and the philosophical challenges of preservation when people disagree on what's important or historical.
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156 4chan: The Birthplace of All Memes
[Encore Episode] 94 Sweepers (Originally Published July 2019)
155 Modern Families Are Easier to Make Thanks to the Internet
154 Financial Domination (Allie Eve Knox Returns!)
153 OnlyFans Culture (with Allie Eve Knox)
152 Political Humiliation with Empress Delfina
151 Why Tech Companies Won't Let You Fix Your Own Stuff (Steve Porter, TronicsFix)
150 Virtual Funeral Services (Gathering Us)
149 QAnon Casualties: How to Save a Loved One From Conspiracy Cults
[Encore Episode] 55 How Composer Kevin MacLeod Makes a Living Giving All His Music Away For Free (Originally Published October 22, 2018)
148 Unnecessary Inventions
147 One In an ARMY (BTS / K-Pop Fandom Charity)
146 Solo Female Traveler Network
145 Get a Pen Pal
144 What Makes a Great Online Community?
[Encore Episode] 46 The Women Editing Thousands of Wikipedia Articles in a Quest for Gender Parity (Originally Published Aug 20, 2018)
143 The space cemetery in 'EVE Online'
142 How Does Wikipedia Actually Work?
141 The Church of Universal Suffrage
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