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Fair enough -- the transient nature of electronic media kind of short changes the human nature of existing in a physical world. I have to say, I'm still pessim
by ezy 15y ago
Fair enough -- the transient nature of electronic media kind of short changes the human nature of existing in a physical world.
I have to say, I'm still pessimistic about bound books however. Perhaps future generations will be reading old books on their grandfather's Kindle and looking at old notes recorded on it -- interesting thought -- kind of bizarre to think about, even in this age.
- wlesieutre 15y agoBut you'd be lucky if the ebook hardware keeps working even a decade after your death. And there's no way to inherit your grandfather's books to use them on another reader; he owned a license to read them and it's not transferrable when he dies. This one aspect of the lack of ownership that I find problematic, but you don't see discussed as much. The way things are going, you won't even be able to inherit someone's kitchen table because they'd bought a $500 license for their immediate family to eat off of it. Died? Factory repossesses it.