// Disciplines
Philosophy of Technology
6 topics
- Digital Archaeology
Who Are Digital Archives For?
Digital archives are mechanisms for the long-term preservation and public access to websites and digital content. This question re-examines …
- Digital Archaeology
Why Do We Feel Nostalgia for Old Interfaces
This question asks why we feel nostalgia and warmth toward old OSes, pixel art, early web design, and classic UIs. Why do simple, constraint…
- Digital Archaeology
What Sleeps Inside the Floppy Disk
Floppy disks were the standard storage medium for personal computers from the 1980s to the 1990s. Inside the 3.5-inch or 5.25-inch plastic s…
- Prepper
What Do You Feel When You Notice Your Dependence on Civilization?
We modern people live supported by vast invisible infrastructure: electricity, water, gas, internet, distribution networks, medical systems,…
- Digital Archaeology
The Reason for Saving Pages No One Sees
On the internet there exist countless pages that almost no one sees — old personal blog posts, documentation from abandoned projects, announ…
- Digital Archaeology
What Did the Text-Only Web Have?
This question re-examines the unique value possessed by the early web (1990s to early 2000s), which was composed almost entirely of text and…