In 100 years with minimal, passive effort, a piece of paper will be fragile, but usable.
In 100 years, a hard drive will degrade without multiple transfers to new media - an active process.
The barrier to digital archival is much higher than paper archival for the average person, and the internet does forget. There's not really an equivalent authority who preserves records for digital works, is there? The Internet Archive works toward this goal, but their mission is not enshrined anywhere permanent and could be gutted.
In 100 years, a hard drive will degrade without multiple transfers to new media - an active process.
The barrier to digital archival is much higher than paper archival for the average person, and the internet does forget. There's not really an equivalent authority who preserves records for digital works, is there? The Internet Archive works toward this goal, but their mission is not enshrined anywhere permanent and could be gutted.