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Originally Posted by distant.star
would prefer to live in a time when books and authors were revered. On the other hand, we might prefer to live in an age of reduced literacy where we can individually access countless great books on inconspicuous little electronic reading devices.
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I like your question. It is about books and authors, not about general conditions of life, comfort or any appeasement.
In Tuscany, in the XIII century there were public readings of Dante. That was a nice time and place to live I think, according to your criteria, and in general terms also, except for minor inconveniences like the plague. Nothing special then from the negative side.
The image is from a castle near by where i was born and it shows the
fountain of youth. It looks like they were having a good time. And that they had few basic problems solved already. It also gives the idea that books might not be the best way to ...
