Read_897 - The Great Vanishing of Information

"In my eyes, one of the most common playbooks used by the
ruling class is to identify a life-essential resource everyone is
using, introduce a new and quote, "better version" of it, and
widely promote that new option until the old one is completely
displaced.
And then once a market monopoly is established, tighten
the screws until the replacement is far worse than what preceded
it. But there is no longer any real alternative to it. This has
happened in agriculture, education, transportation, medicine, and
most recently, social media." — A Midwestern Docter


We grew up thinking “the internet is forever.” But what happens
when links die, archives vanish, and yesterday’s truth is
memory-holed? In this episode, I explore The Great Vanishing of
Information and share my thoughts on why so much gets lost — and
how Bitcoin, timestamps, and decentralized tools might be the
only way to preserve history.


Check out the original article: The Great Vanishing of
Information (Link:
https://www.midwesterndoctor.com/p/the-great-vanishing-of-information)


Links Mentioned


Pay with Moon – for creating limited prepaid cards to test
subscriptions (Link: https://paywithmoon.com/)



The Bitcoin Company – another option for prepaid cards and
privacy purchases (Link: https://thebitcoincompany.com/)




OpenTimestamps.org – timestamping service using Bitcoin
(Link: https://opentimestamps.org/)




Simple Proof – project for voting records and timestamp
verification (Link: https://www.simpleproof.com/)




yt-dlp – command-line tool for downloading YouTube content
(Link: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp)




DownloadHelper - for saving media
(Link: https://www.downloadhelper.net/)




Nostr – decentralized social protocol
(Link: https://nostr.how/)


Pears Peer-to-Peer stack (Link: https://pears.com/)



Wayback Machine – internet archive for deleted/old websites
(Link: https://waybackmachine.it.com/)




Sci-Hub – access to scientific papers
(Link: https://sci-hub.st/)




ResearchGate – for academic paper PDFs
(Link: https://www.researchgate.net/)




whale.to (Link: http://whale.to/)




educate-yourself.org
(Link: https://educate-yourself.org/)




rexresearch.com (Link: https://rexresearch.com/)




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