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lost metadata like GPS coordinates if they still exist.

We keep these files because they are anchors. Even if you don't remember taking the photo, the metadata proves you were there —at that exact second, looking at something worth hitting a button for. image2019-06-27 15-08-46.jpg

In the age of cloud backups, our lives are populated by thousands of files with names like this. They are the "unnamed" moments—the grocery lists, the memes sent to a friend, or the sunset you didn't have time to title. 1. The Timestamp as Narrative June 27, 2019. This was a Thursday. The Season: Early summer in the Northern Hemisphere. lost metadata like GPS coordinates if they still exist

15:08:46. Mid-afternoon. A time of school pickups, afternoon coffee breaks, or the final stretch of a workday. 2. The Preservation of the Ordinary In the age of cloud backups, our lives