I was taking a break from studying and, like any well-adjusted adult, I was… looking at memes.

An ancient Babylonian complaint tablet: a delivery gone wrong, immortalized in clay. And I felt this strange joy. Centuries later, we can still read it. That knowledge survived.

But then my brain did what it does: spiraled.

Sure, the tablet lasted, but how many scrolls, manuscripts, and entire libraries have burned to the ground? And if our most advanced knowledge is stored in data centers, servers, and the cloud… what happens when those go boom? Wiped.

As a collector of knowledge (less or more useful) and a knowledge manager by profession I was wondering what would be the safest place to store knowledge?

Well, I concluded that it is in fact in our brains. Libraries, archives, and databases are crucial, but it’s what we remember, teach, and pass on to next generation that truly ensures knowledge survives.

Stay curious. Learn. Teach. Pass it forward. Never stop learning! Look at memes.