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The Digital Time Capsule That Survived Two Decades

The Digital Time Capsule That Survived Two Decades

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Scientific American’s editor in chief David M. Ewalt reflects on a 20-year experiment in e-mailing the future.

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Our editor in chief David M. Ewalt revisits a remarkable 20-year
experiment: an e-mail time capsule designed to deliver digital
messages from the past into the future. What began as a tech
project at Forbes evolved into a story of human connection—proving
that sometimes it’s friendship, not servers, that keeps information
alive across decades. Recommended Reading The Unlikely Story of an
E-mail Time Machine E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you
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