Video of ceramic storage system prototype surfaces online — 10,000TB cartridges bombarded with laser rays could become mainstream by 2030, making slow hard drives and tapes obsolete::Ceramics-based storage medium consumes very little energy and lasts more than 5,000 years, creators say

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possible to make glass and ceramics that are resistant to shattering from fair hard impacts.

As far as I know, there is 1 storage technology that has survived wars. Paper.

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Say that to the library of Alexandria.

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Yes, but paper isn’t information dense and is highly susceptible to even the smallest amount of moisture in the air.

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Paper is notoriously easy to destroy in conflicts

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There’s another, better one: stone carvings.

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