13 Sep 2008
In Digital Age, Federal Files Blip Into Oblivion

I've been concerned about the onset of the Digital Dark Age for a while now, and this piece just confirms my fears. Although I must say that I never expected that the government, bureaucratic paper lovers that they are, would be leading the descent into the abyss.

Countless government records are being lost to posterity because workers do not regularly preserve documents.

(link) [New York Times]

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