“Hi. I’m Jason Scott, and I am trying to collect every AOL CD variation ever made.” Scott works for the Internet Archive, which is kind of like a museum for the Internet. And to him, these CDs are precious artifacts. “They are, in some ways, little time capsules about what online life was and why we wanted to get onto it so badly…. I’m doing it for generations beyond, so — there’s some kid who’s born right now who’s going to thank me, and you’re welcome, kid.” —NPR
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“Hi. I’m Jason Scott, and I am trying to collect every AOL CD variation ever made.” Scott works for the Internet Archive, which is kind of like a museum for the Internet. And to him, these CDs are precious artifacts. “They are, in some ways, little time capsules about what online life was and why we wanted to get onto it so badly…. I’m doing it for generations beyond, so — there’s some kid who’s born right now who’s going to thank me, and you’re welcome, kid.” —

