Resurrection Hardware by Julian Lucas

"It's funny, these 'files'-what are they, even? Electrons vibrating in some container. But if they can die, if we can lose them in the way that we can lose the information that makes up a person, then they live." It's a truth reflected by the very language we use to describe digital storage, he went on: "They say you 'save' a file, like it's going to Heaven-the idea of salvation is woven into it. I don't know what digital Hell would be. I'm just saying that digital Heaven is where all the files are.”

an emotional reminder to back up your files, clear out your screenshots. ask yourself—what is worth archiving? what can never be taken from me?