Here's an excerpt of an interview Wired did with Paul Baran. It was published in March 2001.
Wired 9.03: Founding FatherPaul Baran - wikipedia
...I think we're underinvesting in recording history. Look at the crazy economy we have right now, and all the growth and productivity - which we do not understand - with Alan Greenspan saying it'll be 10 years before we know whether we have a different economy or it was just a bubble. And we're not even recording the key facts. Lawyers are asking companies to destroy all records after three months, lest some sleazeball lawyer play games with discovery. We're in a period where key records are being destroyed very quickly, and some very important issues on what the hell is happening today we won't even be able to unravel.
