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The real problem we have now is that there is so much information, we cannot store it all. You can't just throw things out either because you truly have no idea what seemingly worthless things we produce are going to be deemed of significant value later on.
That old blurry photograph of your great aunt with a photo bomb of some random dude? It is the only photo of the zodiac killer. That random shitty video in portrait mode of you driving through your home town in Kansas is the only surviving footage of what used to exist there before the 2046 asteroid impact that wiped out the state.
You just never know what truly matters until its gone.
Just keep extending the horizon until it doesn't matter again π
Data hoarder identified.
This thinking is why my mother's house is full of useless crap that she thinks belongs in a museum.
What museum? The broken camera-chipped pottery-photographs of children museum?
Sorry that I ranted on you. I clearly have an issue with my mother's hoarding.
Well I won't argue that you were incorrect. I do have hoarder tendencies and I "manage" that by keeping it only digital. That being said, I think my point still stands because despite my more ridiculous examples this does still happen.
Lost classic TV show episodes that were thought lost to time are found again because of hoarders. Historical data on towns are kept by the person who has never thrown out a newspaper. Hoarding is bad, but it does prove to be useful on rare occasions. The fine line is saving potential chunks of history vs a stack of pizza boxes because they may have a use one day as storage.
You may take a hard no on the matter because of what you have dealt with what your mother is going through, but I argue there is some specific things worth saving.
Reminds me of the blurry video that may or may not be the only footage of Nick Drake.
It would be awesome to find that someone took a camera over to the studio and the reel has been laying in an attic for 50 years.
Heβs the only artist who I admire so deeply and I canβt connect with him at all outside of his art. With other artists that I admire, I can see their mannerisms and personality if I want to. His is lost to time except through his music and stories from family and friends.