raw thoughts. lacks clarity. hits publish.

I read Ava's latest entry, and it sparked thoughts I've been grappling with for years while holding onto the domain name deadauthor.org. I vaguely recall Derek Sivers writing about establishing a foundation(?) to preserve blog posts, though the exact details escape me now. One pragmatic approach I've considered is archiving everything on GitHub as plain text files or .md. Microsoft Corp's GitHub seems well-positioned for longevity. But here's the crux: we're still in the infancy of technology. This reality hit home while I was watching an interview with Kailash Nath. When asked about AI's trajectory over the next decade or the evolution of technology in 20 years, he consistently responded, "I don't know." At first, this might seem like an evasive answer, but I've come to appreciate its wisdom. We're witnessing an unprecedented acceleration in technology. Conversational AI, for instance, has affected everything from job markets to mental health, with some people even forming dangerous emotional dependencies on AI systems. While I'm interested in a preservation strategy, there's a sobering truth: no system is immune to failure over centuries - digital longevity feels like a gamble -- okay, that's the absurdist me talking. Massive props to archive.org anyway. Also read: where links go to die.