that is, finally learning the very basics of digital information, and acknowledge that "The real problem of "Digital Dark Ages" is the same that Japan got partially rid of just this year: not technology, but laws and regulations that tolerate, when they don't impose, closed file formats, dumb practices like DRM, or ignorance about these issues. Get rid of those, and your bits will last forever."
The only way to make this mess manageable is what I outlined here:
https://mfioretti.substack.com/p/ever-wondered-why-we-are-in-a-digital
that is, finally learning the very basics of digital information, and acknowledge that "The real problem of "Digital Dark Ages" is the same that Japan got partially rid of just this year: not technology, but laws and regulations that tolerate, when they don't impose, closed file formats, dumb practices like DRM, or ignorance about these issues. Get rid of those, and your bits will last forever."