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baobrain on April 23, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Apple Forces Recyclers to Shred All iPhones and Ma...

I don't think it really matters in this case since flash degrades much faster than stone tablets.

Also, I think stone tablets would be more akin to tax records or census data or great works rather than every day life of someone.

userbinator on April 23, 2017 [–]

Stone tablets are more rugged than other media, but others have survived; here's an example someone else posted recently:

https://medievalbooks.nl/2015/04/17/texting-in-medieval-time...

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