Father of the internet worried about future 'digital dark age'

Fiber optic cables provide fast internet service.
Fiber optic cables are connected to provide service to consumers in US Internet's southwest central office, on Friday Oct. 3, 2014 in Minneapolis.
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One of the co-founders of the internet, Vint Cerf, speaks at the National Press Club in Washington about the future of the internet and the possibility that new technology will make it impossible to retrieve photos and documents.

Cerf is now vice president and chief internet evangelist at Google.

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