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It is, not so much so that the concept is not without precedent ("book burnings" are quite famous throughout history), but that the book burnings will be conduc

It is, not so much so that the concept is not without precedent ("book burnings" are quite famous throughout history), but that the book burnings will be conducted by corporations that also have all the data on those who ever read them, and not to mention they are the ones who initially made money selling them in the first place. In fact [blank] is a fantastic writing prompt for a dystopian novel, seems like a fun little game to play with friends.

elliekelly 5y ago
And will we even notice when the books are “burned”? I have so many digital titles I think it would take quite a while for me to catch on if they were removed slowly enough. Weird to think a book burning could happen right under our noses (literally!) without us even realizing.
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fennecfoxen 5y ago
In the before times, people were allowed to show their faces.
- CRConrad 5y ago
  As they will be again, as soon as they stop huffing death unto the faces of others. Now stop derailing a serious discussion with this stupid tinfoilhattery. Thank you.
agumonkey 5y ago
Let us search about the Gutenbergian cartel for time limited ink prints.
sumtechguy 5y ago
You know it is not book burnings that concern me (they do a bit). It is more re-editing that will start to happen once they get the tech just right. They will edit problematic people in and out of old movies. At first it will be used for advertising. Such as switching one cola for another in scenes or a billboard in the background. It will be something like 'restaurant X has given us money to change billboards for a year'. Next year 'car company Y has given us money to change billboards for a year'. Then they will go bonkers with it. Do not like the dialog, because they said something you no longer agree with? Well run it through a couple of programs and they are now saying something else, or new and upcoming actor someone wants to promote. So you will see something then a few months later it will be edited and you will never see what you saw before. Oh and it is already happening with adverts in some streaming movies.

elliekelly 5y ago

And will we even notice when the books are “burned”? I have so many digital titles I think it would take quite a while for me to catch on if they were removed slowly enough. Weird to think a book burning could happen right under our noses (literally!) without us even realizing.

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fennecfoxen 5y ago

In the before times, people were allowed to show their faces.

CRConrad 5y ago
As they will be again, as soon as they stop huffing death unto the faces of others. Now stop derailing a serious discussion with this stupid tinfoilhattery. Thank you.

agumonkey 5y ago

Let us search about the Gutenbergian cartel for time limited ink prints.

sumtechguy 5y ago

You know it is not book burnings that concern me (they do a bit). It is more re-editing that will start to happen once they get the tech just right. They will edit problematic people in and out of old movies. At first it will be used for advertising. Such as switching one cola for another in scenes or a billboard in the background. It will be something like 'restaurant X has given us money to change billboards for a year'. Next year 'car company Y has given us money to change billboards for a year'. Then they will go bonkers with it. Do not like the dialog, because they said something you no longer agree with? Well run it through a couple of programs and they are now saying something else, or new and upcoming actor someone wants to promote. So you will see something then a few months later it will be edited and you will never see what you saw before. Oh and it is already happening with adverts in some streaming movies.