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What if I did something and it was written down in a book?
by Braxton1980 2y ago
What if I did something and it was written down in a book?
- com 2y agoBooks have limited print runs. Many books in libraries are only borrowed and perhaps read a few times. Niche titles more so. Books go out of print and are hard to search for arbitrary text.
- Braxton1980 2y agoBut digital can also be lost. I think my point is that digital isn't a clear line in this situation
- com 2y agoThe ease of making copies of digital data, the ease of indexing them is totally different from books, just as writing, clay tablets, scrolls and books were from a purely oral society.
- kelseyfrog 2y agoWe can "what if" ourselves into any position we want. The fact is that digital surveillance is here and does collect information about people in a scope that is qualitatively different than putting information in books.