Time and Bits: Managing Digital Continuity (Introduction To)

by Margaret MacLean

What are the long-term implications of relying on current digital technology to preserve our cultural memory? This is the question that framed a symposium at the Getty Center where leaders from industry, entertainment, and digital information technology focused on the critical issues of thefragility of digital media and our growing dependence on these new media. This volume, which includes the proceedings from discussions as well as chapters on our reliance on digital media, promotes the debate and resolution of these problems.Contributors include Stewart Brand, author of the Whole Earth Catalog; musician and artist Brian Eno; Kevin Kelly, senior editor at Wired Magazine; Danny Hillis, vice president of Disney; and other involved in digital technology, conservation, and reference.

Paperback

First published July 13, 2000

Reviews

[Lane Wilkinson · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fascinating (albeit brief) look into the archival continuity of our digital world. I just wish that Brian Eno contributed a bit more. (Speaking of whom, it helps to read this while listening to 'Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks')