How do you feel about Libraries?
- Thread starter ADevilYouKhow
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Libraries allow people to DL digital books as well.
access to the digital books are limited to the same amount of time as a regular book and cannot be copied.
Brown_Pride
All Star
So would it matter if there were no physical books at a library?
Even if there was a scenario where physical books were gone and phased into digital copies, I still think libraries could and should exist.
It's not like library exclusively means book.
Libraries in Egypt, Africa and Rome had scrolls and tablets.
...not those tablets.
It's not like library exclusively means book.
Libraries in Egypt, Africa and Rome had scrolls and tablets.
...not those tablets.
Can you direct me to some of these studies?
i don't know.
we are living through a transformational time in human history.
the fact that we are discussing the importance of physical books vs digital text is a prime example of that.
imagine going back in time 15 years and telling people "yo...books are gonna be played out soon."
all you would get is
.now look at us...we are seriously looking at books.....BOOKS becoming obsolete as a very possible reality.
that shyt is crazy.
written language is one of the few things that defines a civilization and to see written language change the medium in which it is expressed is a huge fukking deal.
however, my biggest concern as far as libraries are concerned is that they provide information for those who are most deprived of it.
i don't know.
we are living through a transformational time in human history.
the fact that we are discussing the importance of physical books vs digital text is a prime example of that.
imagine going back in time 15 years and telling people "yo...books are gonna be played out soon."
all you would get is
now look at us...we are seriously looking at books.....BOOKS becoming obsolete as a very possible reality.
that shyt is crazy.
written language is one of the few things that defines a civilization and to see written language change the medium in which it is expressed is a huge fukking deal.
however, my biggest concern as far as libraries are concerned is that they provide information for those who are most deprived of it.
@Orbital-Fetus, I didn't know you were on this site too. Old school JBO boss.
Sidenote: I prefer both physical and digital books... though a part of me would like to see physical books stick around forever.
mbewane
Knicks: 93 til infinity
I'm not against progress, but I'm sure we will move towards a world in which everything is digitalized, people won't care to write with a pen anymore, and thus we will be totally dependent on machines and one power shortage/virus away from losing all our history and not being able to communicate with each other. Hopefully I won't see that day.
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I can't get on that e-book trend, not for the books I use. I need constant flipping, labeling of important pages, and so on. Only a physical book will do in those cases.
There's not way you can tell me typing versus writing does not effect motor control and other areas of the brain. Similarly, you cannot tell me looking at a one dimensional screen into the third wall is the same as a 3d object.
Julius Skrrvin
I be winkin' through the scope
You can mark in E books and 'flip' through them in a reader or tablet
You can mark in E books and 'flip' through them in a reader or tablet
Not the same thing at all.
Field Marshall Bradley
Veteran
You can mark in E books and 'flip' through them in a reader or tablet
You know its not the same....
Julius Skrrvin
I be winkin' through the scope
it may not be the same in terms of speed, but the 'feature' is there. of course it's not the 'same'.Maybe it's just because I'm younger than y'all....
