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June 21, 2003
"Digital World" halflife
I overheard someone at lunch yesterday talking about how if NYC didn't have the Empire State building, views of NYC from afar would be unidentifiable. This is an oversimplification but the point I'm trying to make is without concrete identifiable objects, they lose part of what makes them special.
People have made virtual homes on the net for years now but by nature there is nothing concrete to hold those memories we have. Places like the Internet Archive are working to make sure things aren't wiped away but they only hold a snapshot.
Current value systems usually rank things with a high historical value or persistance ability as something important. So how truly important is the net if we place a high value on the history things yet the net decomposes and regenerates so quickly. When all is said and done though, the net's landscape changes unlike a forest's.
Posted by beamz at June 21, 2003 4:05 PM