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"Saving is, for the most part, a prerequisite for sharing and search. A thing cannot be distributed nor retrieved in the absence of a representation. Yet, these representations must be succinct to enable effective sharing and search.

In On Exactitude in Science, Jorge Luis Borges describes the absurdity of perfect, one-for-one, representation...

Imagine trying to share such an infinitely precise map; it wouldn't work. What does work: saving succinct references to actual things. The consequence? We promiscuously share and search. But what happens when we save something we discover online today? What exactly is it that gets saved?"

"Saving is, for the most part, a prerequisite for sharing and search. A thing cannot be distributed nor retrieved in the absence of a representation. Yet, these representations must be succinct to enable effective sharing and search.

In On Exactitude in Science, Jorge Luis Borges describes the absurdity of perfect, one-for-one, representation...

Imagine trying to share such an infinitely precise map; it wouldn't work. What does work: saving succinct references to actual things. The consequence? We promiscuously share and search. But what happens when we save something we discover online today? What exactly is it that gets saved?"
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