Google Executive, "Father of the Internet," Warns Of "Digital Dark Age"

Mark Melin

Published onFebruary 13, 2015

Updated on May 13, 2021

“Digital dark age” is ushered in by the very technology that is driving historic societal change

The information that is currently stored in digital format could effectively vanish and usher in a “digital dark age,” predicted a top Google executive who is credited with being the “father of the internet.”

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In a BBC interview, Google Vice President Vint Cerf predicted that the images and documents we take for granted will become unreadable as the hardware and software become obsolete.

Google Executive, "Father of the Internet," Warns Of "Digital Dark Age" — Source: Pixabay

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Mark Melin

Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.