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"You live in a fantastic world with instant access to everything in recorded history" I hear this a lot, particularly from Millenials, and it's entirely incorr
by dingaling 5mo ago
"You live in a fantastic world with instant access to everything in recorded history"
I hear this a lot, particularly from Millenials, and it's entirely incorrect.
There are vast amounts of information still only available in books, or on the shelves of archives.
Sure, the Internet might provide 99% of pop-culture information, but don't mistake that for 99% of knowledge.
- miiiiiike 5mo agoName an important archive that isn’t in the process of being digitized or an unimportant one that’s likely to crumble before we get around to snapping a picture of its contents. But if we look under the hood you can see where you’re taking an obvious exaggeration literally. See it? Right? That’s what’s making the thunking noise. Over there on the left. No, your other left. There. The point is over there.
- Scroll_Swe 5mo ago>There are vast amounts of information still only available in books You can get every book ever realeased in PDF or ePUB on the web my guy. Hello? Just because your internet is just TikTok on your phone...