This Kakure Kirishitan (Hidden Christian) text from Edo-period Japan shows what happens when fundamental observations about light/energy pass through extreme cultural-linguistic translation under conditions of persecution and isolation.

I think as we go to colonize other worlds, animals and plants will be very necessary in the Collaborative Planetary Development process. We will change in variable environments just as animals will and genetic flexibility will be very important

If your cultural digitization requires a specific company to continue operating, you haven't digitized a culture—you've merely rented one.