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If we are not careful, the world’s data will get lost like many ancient documents and records, leaving future generations with many unanswered mysteries.
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The Internet Archive sort of does this already!
There is a digital doomsday vault located in the Arctic, near the doomsday seed vault.
It might not even be catastrophic events that do us in; we are already losing digital data at an alarming rate.
This is a wonderful idea! We could lose valuable information if a catastrophic event were to occur.
Digital doomsday vault
(5 upvotes)An apocalypse-proof data center
(5 upvotes)The doomsday vault currently holds several terabytes of digital data, so not everything would be lost in an apocalypse.
An apocalypse-proof data center
(5 upvotes)A gene bank to preserve life forms on earth
(7 upvotes)There are a few high-end data centres in the world that could survive most calamities.
Most of the world’s data is so fragile that simple mishaps like power failure can destroy it.
If we are not careful, the world’s data will get lost like many ancient documents and records, leaving future generations with many unanswered mysteries.
Digital doomsday vault
(5 upvotes)An apocalypse-proof data center
(5 upvotes)Given how much the world relies on the internet, an apocalypse would take us to a literal digital dark age.
There are rumours that some governments are building an internet kill switch. If this were to go wrong, it would spell doom for humanity.
A massive cyberattack could also bring down the entire internet infrastructure.
It seems impossible, but worsening space weather could wipe out the internet and cause extensive damage to Earth’s communication system.