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I certainly wouldn't swap the instantaneity and comprehensiveness of Google for a set of reference books but there's no denying the joy of perusing a non-electr
by pseudolus 2y ago
I certainly wouldn't swap the instantaneity and comprehensiveness of Google for a set of reference books but there's no denying the joy of perusing a non-electronic book of quotations, a specialized dictionary or an encyclopedia.
- ray_v 2y agoDo you think this is mostly due to nostalgia or is there the possibility that others would find the same act joyful if they didn't have the same shared sense of nostalgia?
- ThomasBHickey 2y agoMostly nostalgia.
- Bluestein 2y agoAlso, "discoverability" perhaps - all information search nowadays is, by definition, targeted.-