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Comment by ants_everywhere

> It would be a terrible life in a world that does not forget or forgive

This is an orthogonal concern, and arguably is mainly about privacy

> It’s also good that some preservation effort is necessary for worthy content: the value of it gets more appreciated.

This same argument seems to imply that virtually everything should be expensive. Cheap storage is bad because we don't appreciate the value of the files we store. Expensive healthcare is good because it really makes us appreciate our organs.

> worthy content

The hard part is looking into the future to determine which content will be considered worthy then. So far no human civilization has managed to figure that out. They mostly seemed to focus on preserving the image of how amazing their kings were.

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