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

355 sats \ 15 comments \ @orto 15 Dec BooksAndArticles

54 sats \ 1 reply \ @denlillaapan 15 Dec

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 15 Dec

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 \ 4 replies \ @Aeneas 15 Dec

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 \ 2 replies \ @j7hB75 16 Dec

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

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @orto OP 16 Dec

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 \ @j7hB75 17 Dec

Doubt it. I would argue that, in the past, authors wrote with raw talent and inspiration, whereas today, with the advent of AI and assistance, things are diluted and not as pure.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @orto OP 15 Dec

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 \ 4 replies \ @Scoresby 15 Dec

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 \ 2 replies \ @plebpoet 16 Dec

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 \ 1 reply \ @orto OP 16 Dec

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

102 sats \ 0 replies \ @plebpoet 16 Dec

but because I am one - the number is not zero

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @orto OP 16 Dec

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 \ 2 replies \ @Angie 16 Dec

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 \ 1 reply \ @orto OP 16 Dec

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Angie 17 Dec

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