Until you need to look up that link for the mock ups for that client from 14 months ago, or that weird picture of your niece to bring to her birthday 7 years later.
The thing is that it costs nothing to keep this stuff. Throwing it out is a ritualistic digital seppuku. If you do it it is not for practical but for idealistic reasons. The practical thing is to save them and never look at them.
Nothing like that. You might be an idealist if you preach that others do not back up their very likely important data because philosophically it will inflate their egos and aren't we all so small in this universe? I don't care if you don't do it, and I don't care if someone follows your advice. I am simply saying that your advice is not pragmatic.
The thing is that it costs nothing to keep this stuff. Throwing it out is a ritualistic digital seppuku. If you do it it is not for practical but for idealistic reasons. The practical thing is to save them and never look at them.