Even paper needs shelter. It must be kept from moths, because they eat holes in it. It must be kept from humidity, because it causes the fibres to expand and the ink to run.
It stands to reason that Sima Qian, if he cared about posterity, would have submitted his works to people who make it a point on preserving records.
Similarly a person is writing a digital work, they will need to go through a digital analogue of the same process, if they want to preserve their work.
The process of bit entropy acts like digital moths.
It stands to reason that Sima Qian, if he cared about posterity, would have submitted his works to people who make it a point on preserving records.
Similarly a person is writing a digital work, they will need to go through a digital analogue of the same process, if they want to preserve their work.
The process of bit entropy acts like digital moths.