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> Much of it wasnt meant to be relevant for decades, it was meant to be ephemeral topical entertainment, and functionally intended to be disposable.

As with Pompeii graffiti and warehouse cuneiform tally tablets, from the anthropological perspective, the ephemeral is interesting.

Old entertainment that seems alien has a lot to offer for understanding culture that was.

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> As with Pompeii graffiti and warehouse cuneiform tally tablets, from the anthropological perspective, the ephemeral is interesting.

It's only interesting after a looong period were it was very much uninteresting, causing so much to be destroyed until what remained became interesting as a rarity.

I think it's very likely that process of destruction is necessary to make past ephemera valuable.

Do you need all of it, or like 30-40% of it?

The costs to try to save all of it are vast - the costs to try to save some of it are pretty reasonable. What's interesting is what has survived from the 20's was mostly by accident.

I think most people would agree with you, the trouble is getting them all to agree on the same 30-40%…

I think on some level the relative rareness of the stuff that gets preserved, means there is a natural distribution left for the 40%.

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