> Encyclopedias, books, tapes, magazines, devices of all kinds. None of it seemed to matter anymore. Yet I don't feel there's something equivalent that replace

> Encyclopedias, books, tapes, magazines, devices of all kinds. None of it seemed to matter anymore. Yet I don't feel there's something equivalent that replaced it. Wikipedia maybe but .. not really. They were replaced with (sometimes inferior, but often cheaper and more convenient) substitutes delivered via the web or internet, often to smartphones, whose usage patterns tend toward short-form, bite-sized "content" (as per TFA). Playback devices (CD players, DVD players, radios, hi-fi audio systems...) have been replaced by mobile devices and/or smart TVs/streaming devices. The brick and mortar stores that used to sell physical media (bookstores, music stores, magazine stands, video stores, software stores, etc.) are mostly gone as well. Libraries are still around, but digital collections are hamstrung by copyright law.