Physical Saving

People, of course, have all sorts of ideas about how they might live on once their body wears out; many of these ideas rely on supernatural phenomena, some rely on having an impact on humanity, via children, or good or artistic or literary works. These ideas may well work, but they aren’t what we’re talking about with recordism. What we are talking about is physically saving as much of the essence of a person as is possible, given the technology available.

In the past, the best we could do was save some of our words, and perhaps a few fleeting moments of film. Now, however, the scale at which we can record our lives allows something qualitatively different. We can now, if we choose, reasonably record our entire lives: everything we see, hear, say; every where we go, and every movement we make.  That information, along with our DNA may not be quite enough to allow us to be reconstructed, but it may well come close. 

That’s what recordism is all about. Capturing enough about people to give us a fighting chance of recording what is essential about them, so that, if they’re lost, we can bring them back. Along with that, it’s about using the best possible technology for that (both in terms of the raw capture, and in terms of eliciting from them information about what makes them unique, and more than just the sum of genes and experience). And it’s about driving those technologies and techniques forward, so that we can save as many people as possible, as well as possible.

Now, are you ready for your backup?