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Into the Future: On the Preservation of Knowledge in the Electronic Age

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The future of preservation is at stake in the digital age. Into the Future explores the hidden crisis of the digital information age. Will digitally stored information and knowledge survive into the future? Will humans twenty, fifty, one hundred years from now have access to the electronically recorded history of our time?

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What is Into the Future: On the Preservation of Knowledge in the Electronic Age (1997) about?

The future of preservation is at stake in the digital age. Into the Future explores the hidden crisis of the digital information age. Will digitally stored information and knowledge survive into the future? Will humans twenty, fifty, one hundred years from now have access to the electronically recorded history of our time?

Who stars in Into the Future: On the Preservation of Knowledge in the Electronic Age?

Into the Future: On the Preservation of Knowledge in the Electronic Age stars Robert MacNeil (Narrator), Peter Norton, Tim Berners-Lee. The film was directed by Terry Sanders.

How long is Into the Future: On the Preservation of Knowledge in the Electronic Age?

Into the Future: On the Preservation of Knowledge in the Electronic Age has a runtime of 57 min and premiered in 1997.

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