"It's a question David Ewalt, Scientific American's editor in chief, was tasked with tackling long ago, where he was forced to look at memory, human connection and technology in a way that asked deeper questions about how we preserve information in the digital age and what it means to come into contact with our past selves. Hi, David. David Ewalt: Hi, it's nice to join you."
"not something that goes in the ground but something that is saved in digital format. And we came up with the idea of building an e-mail time capsule. And for my entire career it's always been kind of something running in the background, and now I'm excited that, as editor in chief of Scientific American, I get to explore this idea in more detail."
David Ewalt initiated a long-term effort to create a digital time capsule delivered via e-mail rather than buried physically. The project examines how memory, human connection, and technology interact when preserving information across decades. The approach focuses on storing messages in digital formats and building systems that ensure future access and readability. The effort has been ongoing through different career stages and now expands with contributions from multiple writers exploring strategies for sending information across time and the challenges of sustaining digital preservation and contextual meaning for future recipients.
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