Featured Conversation: Deep Archives
December 20, 2013 in Hieroglyph
How can we create a permanent vessel to preserve human knowledge for the distant future? Futurist librarian and Long Now Foundation intern Heath Rezabek started a thread exploring the possibilities for extremely long term preservation and imagining alternatives to storing information in a purely electronic form.
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Lauren PedersenLauren Pedersen was born and raised in Tempe, Arizona to a writer and a helicopter pilot.
She is currently pursuing her two passions of art and design at Arizona State University, where she continues to work towards a bachelor's degree in Design Studies with a focus in Design History, and a minor in Art History.
Heath Rezabek said on January 20, 2014
By the way, I really appreciated the shout out to this thread in the bulletin. Beyond any interest on my own part, I think the question is only going to grow in relevance.
I wondered what might be a next step if I were interested in forming an ongoing Project Hieroglyph project around this effort.
In the meantime, I’ll definitely continue to post updates to the topic, and look for other voices.
– Heath