I had to modify the famous phrase to reflect the status of internet as a storage medium.
Many years ago I had a Google+ page. I used it as an article achieve. When an article I read inspired me, I would write a couple of words on Google+ and post the link to the article. Not long after when I needed to look up an old article, I saw that the link was not functioning. That is the reality of internet. The links are not permanent pointers and the websites where the article is posted do not stay for decades. Eventually, Google + was also shut down. I write my thoughts on Blogspot which may also get nixed out by the internet giant.
Publishing the contents of my book made sense to me. Physical books have a much longer life compared to anything on internet. At the moment my book has copies in the USA, Denmark and Turkey. Centuries later probability of one still exists is high.
This weakness of the internet made me develop the Global Data Bank idea. One can request his/her data from the major social media companies. However the data format is not easy for a practical use. If such data would be stored and retrieved with globally defined standards and tags, they would be much useful. Global standards are important for the future.
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