To preserve it, put it on paper

People in general today have great disdain for printing, for things written on paper. But think back to when you were a child: what were the electronic media that were in use then. If you had something preserved on a wire recording, would you be able to play it? What about an 8-track tape, or a reel-to-reel. Ah, you say, we now have the internet, so all we need to do is to put it on the internet. But how long will that last? Can you guarantee that there will not be another technology that will replace it, and then what happens to all the things that are recorded there? How many cassette tapes were made when they were the in-vogue medium, and how many of those tapes will be transcribed into digital form? maybe 2%, or less? Think about it. If you want to preserve it, put it on paper. Eyes are one technology that will never go obsolete.