One advantage of readily-accessible hard copy of data is that it holds a future Ministry of Truth into account. In a paranoid mood, I could imagine electronically archived morbidy/mortality data to be edited to make false assertions about improvements in the quality of life.
Of course, if you want REAL permanence in records that are not monuments with inscriptions, go back to the clay tablets of Sumeria: every fire bakes them even harder! (Mind you, they don't survive cruise missiles that well).
I wonder if we can get these new-fangled 3D printers to use dirt and water and spool straight to a kiln.;-)
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One advantage of readily-accessible hard copy of data is that it holds a future Ministry of Truth into account. In a paranoid mood, I could imagine electronically archived morbidy/mortality data to be edited to make false assertions about improvements in the quality of life. Of course, if you want REAL permanence in records that are not monuments with inscriptions, go back to the clay tablets of Sumeria: every fire bakes them even harder! (Mind you, they don't survive cruise missiles that well). I wonder if we can get these new-fangled 3D printers to use dirt and water and spool straight to a kiln. ;-)