Guests on this episode of TED Radio Hour include artist CM Ralph, digital librarian Brewster Kahle, molecular biologist Dina Zielinski, and archaeologist Chris Fisher. They discuss preserving LGBTQ history through a video game, archiving the web and ebooks, challenges in digitizing books and digital ownership, a scientific solution for archival data, discovering ancient cities with LiDAR technology, and using LiDAR data to understand and address environmental issues.

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 artist CM Ralph, digital librarian Brewster Kahle, molecular biologist Dina Zielinski and archaeologist Chris Fisher.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Digital librarian Brewster Kahle and lawyer Kyle Courtney discuss the lawsuit between megapublishers and the Internet Archive, potential changes to libraries with e-books, information as a public good, and the consequences if publishers win.

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