Gordon Moore, co-founder of Intel, made a prophetic observation in 1965. In what has become known as Moore’s Law, he theorized that computers’ storage capacity would double about every 18 months for the indefinite future. So far his theory seems to be holding true. Whereas several years ago a terabyte–1,000 gigabytes–hard drive was a thing of science fiction, it’s now readily available.

As amazing as this technology is, it’s created some unforeseen problems.