two heresies about link rot (opens in new tab)

the term itself is fascinating. there is nothing natural or organic about a hyperlink, i've never seen anyone call a working link alive, and yet a broken link is dead and links becoming broken over time is rot. the breaking of a link can, depending on the context, be frustrating, tragic, amusing; this it has in common with the more conventional kind of death. but we recognize that to live is to one day die, and there may be no justice in when or how but no justice can be asked of if. we will ...