:: ...and the fear that information that isn’t gathered together is lost to the rest of humanity. ::

How is it that the rest of humanity has a claim on that information? It isn't theirs to lose.


:: Websites die, people die—we need back-ups. ::

"We" need backups? Or the people who own such information need backups? You keep saying "we", but I can't figure out who you're referencing by it.