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May 23, 2016
In under three decades, the web has expanded to contain more than a billion sites.
Every day about 300 million digital photographs, more than 100 terabytes’ worth, are uploaded to Facebook. An estimated 204m emails are sent every minute and, with 5bn mobile devices in existence, the generation of new content looks set to continue its rapid growth. Virtual memory: the race to save the information age - FT.comPosted by gerardvanderleun at May 23, 2016 7:35 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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Like cable TV, hundreds of channels, mostly drek. Soon everything becomes a Hall of Mirrors.
Posted by: Vermont Woodchuck at May 23, 2016 8:14 AM
You beat me to it, VW.
I read that as "the generation of new content looks set to continue its vapid growth."
Posted by: Rob De Witt at May 23, 2016 9:47 AM
And 99% of it ain't worth shit.
My friend Steve said 5 years ago, "There's TOO much information out there!"
Posted by: ghostsniper at May 23, 2016 1:58 PM
Maybe there is safety in numbers. There is so much information on servers everywhere that we can kind of hide in the chaff.
Posted by: pbird at May 24, 2016 11:05 AM