1) Never in the history of civilization has local knowledge storage (disk) and local compute been so cheap
2) Never have we had a larger free software ecosystem or more hackers to deploy free software locally
3) Never have we had more evidence about the differences in civilizational freedom between local and central storage/compute
What if backup/restore skills were taught alongside home economics? Is a home a place of both shelter & storage? Are we abandoning a set of possible futures because we want the "convenience" of "someone else" backing up our digital selves/souls?
"For want of a nail the shoe was lost.
For want of a shoe the horse was lost.
For want of a horse the rider was lost.
For want of a rider the battle was lost.
For want of a battle the kingdom was lost.
And all for the want of a horseshoe nail."