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Your are missing: interest by individuals, information corporations wants out (no grocery store chain would ever think of putting a paygate on its opening hours
by tomjen3 2y ago
Your are missing: interest by individuals, information corporations wants out (no grocery store chain would ever think of putting a paygate on its opening hours), and think tanks.
Besides, even in the extreme where no new media is ever created, would that be so bad? Anna's archive has 38 million books. You would be challenged to even read the index in a lifetime.