google "american inventors" and you will understand how quickly history is being changed. People read less and less books each year, and more and more wikipedia that can be controlled and edited any time.
This is true and terrifying. No need to burn books, just click the edit button. Better yet, have the search engine edit out information inconvenient to the powers that be.
Build your physical libraries, everything else can disappear with a few clicks, like vapor.
My wife and I collect books. For years people have been asking why I would want a physical copy, which takes up so much room, when I can have digital copies of everything. And I do have a lot of digital copies, but there's nothing quite like reading a book in your hand. Also, I can be a bit of a paranoid bastard, and don't trust the digital copies to be there as long as the paper.
I am delighted to learn Faranheit 451 is still part of US Common Core Literature. A wonder more youth aren't more sensitive to censorship.
When purifying forces come for a physical library, it is far easier to see and far more difficult to achieve. The reaction is far more visceral for the slightly more educated than hearing a library was digitally deleted and then shown the data log.
The additional comfort of the original printed word is the assurance it has not been altered or massaged in any way. It is the author's and editor's unadulterated thought.
Then it boils down to what other's have mentioned, the surety of a book in hand.
I used my parents' Shakespeare texts in college to save money and was amused to see that I was about to write down the same notes in the margins that were already there. It took me a long time to realize that not everyone grows up in a home with books.
I just realised how naive my thinking was when it comes to digital books (the irony is that I've got a digital copy of 1984)... I stopped buying physical copies, and was using a kindle for convenience, only recently have I realised I should have bought hard copies... It's time for me to change that one...
google "american inventors" and you will understand how quickly history is being changed. People read less and less books each year, and more and more wikipedia that can be controlled and edited any time.
This is true and terrifying. No need to burn books, just click the edit button. Better yet, have the search engine edit out information inconvenient to the powers that be.
Build your physical libraries, everything else can disappear with a few clicks, like vapor.
My wife and I collect books. For years people have been asking why I would want a physical copy, which takes up so much room, when I can have digital copies of everything. And I do have a lot of digital copies, but there's nothing quite like reading a book in your hand. Also, I can be a bit of a paranoid bastard, and don't trust the digital copies to be there as long as the paper.
Wanna see my stone tablet collection?
If you actually have one, absolutely!
Also there is a growing trend to edit old works as they are deemed "problematic"
It is now Jogger Jim in the adventures of Tom Sawyer to better align with the times.
This is the way to go with movies and music too. If you don't own a physical copy then you don't actually own it.
thats when they come after your physical library. I recommend reading fahrenheit 451 its also a great story.
I am delighted to learn Faranheit 451 is still part of US Common Core Literature. A wonder more youth aren't more sensitive to censorship.
When purifying forces come for a physical library, it is far easier to see and far more difficult to achieve. The reaction is far more visceral for the slightly more educated than hearing a library was digitally deleted and then shown the data log.
The additional comfort of the original printed word is the assurance it has not been altered or massaged in any way. It is the author's and editor's unadulterated thought.
Then it boils down to what other's have mentioned, the surety of a book in hand.
I used my parents' Shakespeare texts in college to save money and was amused to see that I was about to write down the same notes in the margins that were already there. It took me a long time to realize that not everyone grows up in a home with books.
I just realised how naive my thinking was when it comes to digital books (the irony is that I've got a digital copy of 1984)... I stopped buying physical copies, and was using a kindle for convenience, only recently have I realised I should have bought hard copies... It's time for me to change that one...
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