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Correspondence
Nature 423, 801 (19 June 2003) | doi:10.1038/423801a
How e-mail raises the spectre of a digital Dark Age
Errol C. Friedberg1, Herbert K. Hagler1 & Kevin J. Land1
- Department of Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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Abstract
Records can be wiped out by a click of the mouse or rendered unreadable by upgrades.
Throughout the ages, historical documents have been carved in stone, etched in clay, written on parchment and printed on paper. Examination of traditional documents requires merely the ability to read and understand the language or code in which they were written.
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