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Books Obsolete?
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Proofreader
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No
Peronel
New Member
As much as we'd all like to say no, I think there's no question that books will one day be obsolete. Besides changes in technology, there is also the fact that in the future we may need to be more careful about how we use any paper that we might be able to produce. Plus, audio or online books are easier to obtain for some, and, let's face it, we're a fairly lazy society. I used to do most of my research at uni from home, on the library's website full of online journals (see above laziness comment).
Maybe printed books will be seen as something of a treasure in years to come, perhaps only very special works will be printed on paper. Who knows.
Maybe printed books will be seen as something of a treasure in years to come, perhaps only very special works will be printed on paper. Who knows.
Fantasy Moon
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I don't think that books will become obsolete either, but Peronel might have a point about paper becoming a valuable item to be conserved.
ValkyrieRaven88
New Member
I doubt it. I think we'll always need books around.
ions
New Member
Not for a very long time will paper books become obsolete. There are too many that still enjoy the feel of a book in their hands.
Fortunately paper can be made with a few different things. Also some publsihers are recycling older books into newer books more aggressively.
Fortunately paper can be made with a few different things. Also some publsihers are recycling older books into newer books more aggressively.
Heteronym
New Member
The advent of new media (if you can still call the internet 'new') will always cause some alarmists to panic: everyone thought radio would kill newspapers; everyone thought photography would kill painting; everyone thought cinema would kill literature; everyone thought TV would kill cinema. Everyone still thinks the internet will kill books.
One medium doesn't kill another: they just find new markets. Right now there's a new market for techno-whizz, illiterate people, who've never touched a book, who will discover the joys of reading through electronic devices that can store e-books. Then a new fad will come up, and a new electronic gizmo will show up, and these people, who are more interested in collecting state-of-the art electronic gizmos, will move on
Meanwhile, publishers, whose goal is to make money, will keep printing books for those who read printed books.
As Ions has pointed out, paper can be made from several stuff. Hemp was used to make paper (and apparently, it lasts longer than wood pulp), until some governments on their puritanical crusades to protect people from themselves, realised smoking hemp could make you annoyingly happy, which is not a state of mind you should be if you live in grim plamet Earth, so they outlawed its use so people can keep on being happily unhappy.
Just a suggestion.
One medium doesn't kill another: they just find new markets. Right now there's a new market for techno-whizz, illiterate people, who've never touched a book, who will discover the joys of reading through electronic devices that can store e-books. Then a new fad will come up, and a new electronic gizmo will show up, and these people, who are more interested in collecting state-of-the art electronic gizmos, will move on
Meanwhile, publishers, whose goal is to make money, will keep printing books for those who read printed books.
As Ions has pointed out, paper can be made from several stuff. Hemp was used to make paper (and apparently, it lasts longer than wood pulp), until some governments on their puritanical crusades to protect people from themselves, realised smoking hemp could make you annoyingly happy, which is not a state of mind you should be if you live in grim plamet Earth, so they outlawed its use so people can keep on being happily unhappy.
Just a suggestion.
beer good
Well-Known Member
No, books won't become obsolete. As has been said before: you can't swat a fly with a rolled-up TV set. The same applies to computer monitors. (Besides, I'm a firm believer that in a generation or two, we will have forgotten how to make computers anyway.)
Hypothetically - to keep this out of the mature section, let me stress the hypothetically - couldn't you use half the hemp to smoke and the other half to print a really depressing book, so they cancel each other out?
Hypothetically - to keep this out of the mature section, let me stress the hypothetically - couldn't you use half the hemp to smoke and the other half to print a really depressing book, so they cancel each other out?
The only people who seriously believe that books will die out are those who manufacture, market or sell the electronic devices that try to replace them. And maybe even they don't seriously believe it, they just have to be seen to believe it
Tactile, no batteries required, take it anywhere -there's something about a book that will NEVER be bettered.
Tactile, no batteries required, take it anywhere -there's something about a book that will NEVER be bettered.
abecedarian
Well-Known Member
Paper used to be made from rags..so as long as there's cotton or linen fabric, we should still have paper...
bren
Member
Beer good, I'm pleasantly amused.
I absolutely cannot read an entire book online or on a monitor! I love nipping around the boards for book leads and pleasant amusement, or for entertainment and education, but the pleasure of reading includes a certain set of sensory impulses, and the comp ain't got it.
