Thanks for the (Potentially Eternal) Memories

One of the enduring truthsof life is that, over time, things fade away. How many times have we seenacharacter in a movie lovingly strokea fragile old family photo, or a camerapan down the mantle to reveal a character’s history throughfading and aged images.

Sure, printed photos will still age. So the concept of the faded family photo is still valid, once it’s printed.

But consider the lives of ‘digital natives’ — i.e. kids who’ve grown up to know our current age of social media, constant digita...