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Goodbye to the Age of the Book www.thefp.com/p/goodbye-to-the-age-of-the-book

355 sats \ 12 comments \ @orto 11h BooksAndArticles

Terrifying and kind of tragic... But also inevitable when cost of production fell to ~zero.

They will watch the Lord of the Rings movies, but never pick up the books. As a result, they are likely to have less scientific and analytic objectivity, and they will embody some of the worst and most volatile aspects of TikTok culture.

7 sats \ 0 replies \ @orto OP 11h

I agree. But what can a society that doesn't read books produce other than cacophony? I believe the decline of civilizations begins with abandoning reading. Otherwise, the languages of civilizations that existed in the past and no longer exist would have survived to this day. Examples: Egyptian hieroglyphs, Mayan inscriptions.

64 sats \ 3 replies \ @Aeneas 11h

I don't buy it for a second.

Barnes & Noble just posted a record breaking year and is expanding even more retail locations.
Zoomers are sick of social media and actively looking to disconnect.
Reading books in public is performative and cool.

9 sats \ 1 reply \ @j7hB75 7h

Totally agree with you. Every time I visit my local Barnes & Noble it’s always packed and the line is always long.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @orto OP 1h

In the past, good books didn't sell, or sold very little. This was because many people were offended by them. Now, poorly written books are readily presented to the public. So I ask: In the past, societies lived in darkness. Are we now living in light?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @orto OP 10h

These are specific developments.

Similar situations are mentioned in the text.

Could a library without books have been imagined in the past? Or how many people read and discuss novels as thick as bricks? Which contemporary author's name will continue to be remembered centuries from now?

42 sats \ 3 replies \ @Scoresby 9h

I love books, even tried to write a few, but I'm pretty committed to the idea that we aren't going to be reading on paper for very long.

And once we aren't reading on paper, we don't have to deliver books in the same formats.

So farewell indeed to the age of the book.

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @plebpoet 2h

ah but do you think we could ever cease to be collectors? to let your books collect on your shelf, you could think of it as making the same kind of choices a squirrel makes when he buries his nuts. or like when otters find a good shell. they keep it, return to it, prize and admire my books, my preciouss

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @orto OP 1h

You are in the minority. And I think you are aware of that...

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @orto OP 1h

I hope it's as you say. I'm seeing a decline in reading habits. The number of books is increasing. But most of them are commissioned books. The number of organic authors and books has decreased significantly. Authors write thinking about how to make their books sell well...

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Angie 3h

La era del hielo ya paso pero tomamos cerveza fría, la era de cobre oro y plata ya paso pero todos estos materiales los tenemos en el móvil, mientras yo tenga libros tan viejos como la Biblia o que simplemente pasen de moda seguirá siendo libro aunque no sea su era.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @orto OP 1h

Para için kitap yazılıyor. Kitap yazma işi endüstriyelleşti. Tüketim çağına uydu. Eski yazarlar ve kitaplar yok denecek kadar az...