Can we preserve knowledge … forever?
4/24/202650 min
Information feels more accessible than ever, but the ways we store data are surprisingly fragile. Can we save anything forever? This hour, TED speakers explore preserving our past, present and future. Guests include game designer CM Ralph, digital librarian Brewster Kayle, molecular biologist Dina Zielinksi and archeologist Chris Fisher.
Original air date: January 27, 2023
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First 90 secondsAdrienne Shaw· Guest0:00
This week on the NPR Politics Podcast, for decades, the Southern Poverty Law Center has tracked and even infiltrated hate groups, but the Justice Department now alleges the way they funded that work amounted to bank fraud. Is it an honest pursuit of justice or just the latest example of the Trump DOJ targeting the president's political opponents? Listen this week to the NPR Politics Podcast.
Manoush Zomorodi· Host0:23
This [chime] is the TED Radio Hour. [gentle music] Each week, groundbreaking TED Talks- Our job now is to dream big ... delivered at TED Conferences- To bring about the future we want to see ... around the world.
Chris Fisher· Guest0:37
To understand who we are From those talks, we bring you speakers and ideas that will surprise you- You just don't know what you're gonna find ...
Manoush Zomorodi· Host0:46
challenge you- We truly have to ask ourselves, like, why is it noteworthy? ... and even change you. I literally feel like I'm a different person. [laughs] Yes. Do you feel that way? Ideas worth spreading, from TED and NPR. I'm Manoush Zomorodi, and we are going to take you back to 1989 and to the first gay video game ever.
CM Ralph· Guest1:11
[laughs] Oh, yeah. Yeah, it was a big deal. [gunshot] The sounds had to be kept very small.
Speaker 51:18
Hey. Hey.
CM Ralph· Guest1:19
Everything had to fit on that 800-megabyte diskette. [gunshots] It was very limited.
Brewster Kahle· Guest1:25
Left it out. Left it out. Got the bomb.