Another reason we need to keep hard copies of literature. I'm convinced that if everything is moved to electronic copies, they'll be rewritten. Tucker alluded to this, too.
I have hundreds of thousands of books in old electronic versions as originally published, plus a whole library with a lot of the greats, Shakespeare, Poe, Dickens, and more.
I started collecting over 50 years ago. The original reason was that I thought I would be old and poor on Social Security, and I would need reading material. I had no idea back then that so much material could be gotten for free on computers. In the early 70s, I went to used book stores and bought the classics. That's when I bought Shakespeare, Tacitus, Plato, and more.
I agree wholeheartedly. If anyone upholds knowledge and art, they should never fall in love with the most ephemeral media of expression and record. There is nothing more transient than an electron.
I can't participate in doxing. Sorry. If things become more dire, I may distribute non-copyrighted classics and more useful nonfiction works somehow. A lot of those are on Archive anyway. The person who put most of the newer books online was arrested, so I can't consider duplicating what he did.
When the Hadron collider went online it all changed. They smashed the fabric of space time and we forked into a new timeline then everything got whacky.
Hard copies are the last line of defense, for sure. Not everyone needs a hard copy though. As long as there are enough hard copies to authenticate the electronic version, then we should be good. Just have to make sure the hard copies are in the right hands otherwise the authentication part is worthless.
Just finished a re-read of Vance Packard's "Hidden Persuaders" in ebook format. The last time I read it, it was the 1980(?) printing, in paperback. There were a few things in it that I was expecting to see that weren't there and now I'm not sure if I was thinking of a different book or if things were dropped out for some reason.
The weird thing is that the things I think were missing weren't very important overall, just three small things that certainly didn't affect the rest of the content. But it means I'm going to have to keep an eye out for an old copy of it (and good luck with me finding a paperback from the 80s!)
Another reason we need to keep hard copies of literature. I'm convinced that if everything is moved to electronic copies, they'll be rewritten. Tucker alluded to this, too.
I have hundreds of thousands of books in old electronic versions as originally published, plus a whole library with a lot of the greats, Shakespeare, Poe, Dickens, and more.
Neat.
I started collecting over 50 years ago. The original reason was that I thought I would be old and poor on Social Security, and I would need reading material. I had no idea back then that so much material could be gotten for free on computers. In the early 70s, I went to used book stores and bought the classics. That's when I bought Shakespeare, Tacitus, Plato, and more.
I agree wholeheartedly. If anyone upholds knowledge and art, they should never fall in love with the most ephemeral media of expression and record. There is nothing more transient than an electron.
DM.
I can't participate in doxing. Sorry. If things become more dire, I may distribute non-copyrighted classics and more useful nonfiction works somehow. A lot of those are on Archive anyway. The person who put most of the newer books online was arrested, so I can't consider duplicating what he did.
Paper copies aren't safe either! They'll come into your attic at night and change your book title to Berenstain!
Lol. All the silverfish will come in late at night and eat the ending.
Thanks for contributing to my nightmares! I'll tell my sleep paralysis demon you said hi!
HAHA. Ya fuck silverfish.
When the Hadron collider went online it all changed. They smashed the fabric of space time and we forked into a new timeline then everything got whacky.
Hard copies are the last line of defense, for sure. Not everyone needs a hard copy though. As long as there are enough hard copies to authenticate the electronic version, then we should be good. Just have to make sure the hard copies are in the right hands otherwise the authentication part is worthless.
Just finished a re-read of Vance Packard's "Hidden Persuaders" in ebook format. The last time I read it, it was the 1980(?) printing, in paperback. There were a few things in it that I was expecting to see that weren't there and now I'm not sure if I was thinking of a different book or if things were dropped out for some reason.
The weird thing is that the things I think were missing weren't very important overall, just three small things that certainly didn't affect the rest of the content. But it means I'm going to have to keep an eye out for an old copy of it (and good luck with me finding a paperback from the 80s!)
Oh, great! Thanks for finding that!
Literally this x 1,000,000.