Digital technology has simultaneously an advantage and disadvantage. It is advantageous in that it does not produce waste, but disadvantageous in that it is more susceptible to being destroyed and lost forever.

We don’t know whether digital technology creates more problems than it solves.

We don’t know whether preserving information is a more important consideration than accessibility.

We don’t know whether innovations in document storage technologies ever decrease the risk of destroying documents. We only know that there is some amount of risk present.

We don’t know whether technological advances can lead to increases in convenience. The only advantage the stimulus provides for digital technology is that it does not generate waste.