To establish a media archive is to attract files that would otherwise never have been compiled. Starting an archive is sufficient to have it fill up with new material. There exists no more gratifying task than to write for the desk drawer. While it is relatively easy to optimize access to one's personal archives, the real trouble starts with visits to other people's datasheds. On the other hand, this inaccessibility is an essential condition for amazing discoveries.
Permanence is the hallmark of all structured attempts at preservation.
The media archives will prove to be modernity's Alexandria, and likewise go up in smoke. Once the bookshelf has fallen over, it may be a small disaster to the author, but a giant step for the readers. The greater the gibberish beheld by the writer, the more clarity is gained by the audience. The media archives are open to any unsuspected cross-connections, and generously invite misreadings. They do not strive for the ultimate aha-experience, but anticipate the metamorphosis of their own content.