There is hardly a better time if you write software to watch - "The Mess We're In" by Joe Armstrong - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKXe3HUG2l4

I am not sure in which one of his talks he briefly mentioned that one of his concerns is that we are basically building a digital Alexandria library, and if it burns, well ...

Even more devastating events like this will happen in the future.

We stand on the shoulders of giants and yet we learned nothing.