Week 4 - MBA 6101 - Digital Dark Age

The article 'Let's Avoid the Digital Dark Ages, with Non-Toxic Social Media ' by Todd Kelsey unearths the dark side of technological advancement and many of the problems and setbacks associated with it. There was one particular area of discussion that stuck with me as a reader and that was the topic regarding losing data to the change in formats and advancements in technology. This brought back many memories of my first experience with the iPhone - when upgrading from (I think) the 3GS to the 4, there was no way to easily transfer all data from phone to phone successfully. As somewhat of a photography fanatic, this was problematic for me as I enjoyed having the images that I had taken on my active device therefore I no choice but to craft my own solution - I was going to email all the photos I wanted on my new device to my new device. This ultimately did work but is not viable on a large scale and would not work in todays world where individuals have tens of thousands of images on their mobile devices at  any one time.

This anecdote, although not wildly compelling, sheds a small light on the issues of transferring data from generation to generation and truly shows the struggles associated with it on a personal level. Hopefully future advancements allow the world to develop and utilise a more stable medium of data and image storage that doesn't become outdated, unaccessible or obsolete over time.


The idea that our data is being erased as a result of technological advancement struck me as particularly sad. I've had to deal with the loss of memories, photographs, and data on a personal level due to changing formats and advancing technology even as a relatively young adult, therefore I can't imagine the impact that it has had on those who had more experience with outdated mediums. Even now, my family and I find it difficult to view the old data that we still have due to the fact that most new equipment does not support these formats (DVD, CD, VHS etc). It's an uphill battle to keep these memories alive and accessible!

(Key terms: Digital Vellum, Data Archaeology, Non-toxic Social Media)


Kelsey, T.  (2022, May 21). Let's avoid the digital dark ages, with non-toxic social media. LinkedIn. 

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