Future History

26/10/2018 22 min
Future History

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Episode Synopsis

Why did it take 100 years to find the #49? In a world where everything is digitized, will we ever lose anything? If things don't have a digital record, will they may as well not exist?

Inverted Jenny: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverted_Jenny
Data created per day: https://blog.microfocus.com/how-much-data-is-created-on-the-internet-each-day/
How does the Wayback Machine work?: https://www.forbes.com/sites/kalevleetaru/2015/11/16/how-much-of-the-internet-does-the-wayback-machine-really-archive/#48383d419446
How much data is on the internet?: https://www.sciencefocus.com/future-technology/how-much-data-is-on-the-internet/
All the books in the world: http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2016/12/every-book-ever-published-would-fit-on-to-one-hard-disk/

Image: United States Post Office Department via Wikipedia

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