yourself . On predicting the future, James explained that we can't make any significant predictions because the smallest thing can create very large ripples throughout the world. The example he gave was the invention of the stirrup for loading up camels in Afghanistan. This invention enabled the French to ride horseback against English foot soldiers in the battle of Hastings, giving them a huge advantage, winning the war, and resulting in French becoming a significant part of our present day English language. The future, past and preservation Along the same thread, Jason Scott told us that we can't know what in our past will be relevant in the future. Lauren spoke about how this kind of information is the 'legacy of the past'. Jason saves so much of his data because of the 'sideways' value it could have; high-quality scans and photos literally allow us to learn from the background of the primary focus/data. It also leaves records that other people can use to learn. Jason said that it's a crime that we take millions of people's files on the web and get rid of them, just like they couldn't possibly contain anything of relevance. Archiving Jason gave us two sets of action points that we could use to improve preservation and archiving on the web: As users: take photos of people you're with and places you work spend time with people you care about, create memories save mementos from events take time to tell your stories and save them