Re:What value archived data ? (Score 2)

The answer is simple. If it is of relevance, and people want to keep it (remember Oliver North ?), then people will keep it. People will judge the value, and take appropriate action. Otherwise, it goes to the bit bucket in the sky, and remains there ......

Historians are also interested in the stuff that people did not explicitly choose to keep because it may reveal facts that seemed unimportant at the time, but have been forgotten since.

However, I don't think that means that all our receipts should be converted to more lasting media. We'd drown in our own history.