Finn Brutton is an assistant professor of media culture and communication at New York University. He says that like all information systems throughout history, these machines are socially embedded. We focus so much on preservation questions around how future generations will be able to access this data or use these machines,. That's significant, and I don't mean to downplay it's significance at all.
Social Media theorist Nathan Jurgenson wants us to understand what is truly revolutionary about ephemeral photographs and platforms like Snapchat, Fred Ritchin says we are going to get our minds blown “After Photography” and Finn Bruntun explains why we need to preserve our transition from Analog to Digital.