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If the burner is cheap enough, or you can borrow one, backing up family photos in a way that will be viewable in hundreds of years time would be worth it to me.
I have like 3 pictures I actually care about anymore I'd be more than willing to delete the rest. My parents have always taken like at least a dozen pictures every time we "do something" and I always have to ask... Why drop everything you are doing for a picture that you will, in all likelihood, never look at again. I'd much rather just enjoy the moment tbh
Because in 20 years your memory will be lost. But you'll run across the photo and it will be incredible. It will both remind you and fill in the gaps that your memory lost.
I have all the best photos of my kids printed every year into a photo album. I don't trust digital despite having 3 copies. My 100 year azzo verbatim DVDs kept in black cases in the basement went bad after 10 years. Mdisc on paper should actually last 100 unlike azzo but I don't trust it either.
That might be the case, but I haven't cared about taking photos for over 25 years, not sure having kids or losing all my memories would change any of that.
You should value yourself more. If you think it's important to have history passed down more than 20 years or whatever the average person remembers, then your own life should be as valuable to you.
I can pass down stories much more valuable than a series of photos my kids will throw in the bin. My grandmother had huge photo albums, now she's gone and we just stuff them into the back of a closet.
Ideally you want stories to go with the photos. Your memory will fade. You'll forget some stories. For the stories you remember you'll forget details. Write the stories. The photos are a supplement for your stories.
I write notes on the photos.