Just yesterday I heard mention of a device that will store GPS information (location & direction) associated with digital video. (And I wish I could cite something, but it was one student presentation in the midst of many, and I wasn't paying that much attention.) That sort of simultaneously-created metadata I do expect to become common. Any additional indexing, the sort we humans are needed for ... probably won't be much more common than it is today. I don't think.
I'm going to take a middle ground on the "rest of human history." If something seems to have continued value, then it'll be kept alive, in some form or another. Most digital data won't be. Unfortunately. (Though it's always possible the next 10-15 years will bring about major changes in electronic longevity. I've never been very good at predicting the future.)
Ten years ago I was starting high school, and didn't have my own email address. How life has changed.
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I'm going to take a middle ground on the "rest of human history." If something seems to have continued value, then it'll be kept alive, in some form or another. Most digital data won't be. Unfortunately.
(Though it's always possible the next 10-15 years will bring about major changes in electronic longevity. I've never been very good at predicting the future.)
Ten years ago I was starting high school, and didn't have my own email address. How life has changed.