When Documents Are Digital, Where’s The History?

“When all our documents are generated by digital means, the nature of what consists of an “original” becomes fuzzier and fuzzier. (Is it the first copy from the printer? The electrons on the hard disk?) And if search companies like Google succeed in their mission to get all human knowledge online, available to everyone, we’ll have the power to peruse existing documents like those in the Christie’s auction from the comfort of our dens.”