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Hmmm. A survivalist?
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Bingo!
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And paper books will outlast all of them.
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I disagree. I'm comparing my hypothetical (future) $10, AA powered, solar powered, 8 oz (1/4 kg) waterproof library to an office building of books. I loose access to the paper books as soon as the library closes, or when I can not get to the building. My hypothetical (future) library lets me have access in my pocket.
Given the cost of a central paper library, we could make a million hand held versions of my hypothetical (future) library. Each of these could accept an ethernet connection to serve a network.
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The question is, how likely do you think your efforts are to be needed, and why?
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Disasters happen ever day. Censorship happens every day. My library will always be needed somewhere. (I can not be more specific. If we knew when/where a disaster would happen, nobody would be in the way.)
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But you make attempts at it easier. If someone is the victim of attempted genocide, do you think most won't try to return the favor if they have the means and plausible suspects at hand?
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Bingo! Deterrents to genocide are a good thing. "An armed society is a polite society." It's also a really lousy place to mug a little old lady. Trying to round up all the ____s is even worse.
Armed citizens are a great deterrent. Look at Germany's decision not to invade Switzerland in WW2.
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You need more than exposure tio the ideas. You need a context in which the ideas are meaningful.
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True. My library is not perfect. You still need Socrates' log, with a student at one end, and a teacher at the other.
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Whether they want to or not?
As it happens, I agree, but you'll get a fair bit of resistance from many you would like to empower with this knowledge.
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Resistance? Like not reading anything? I can only educate those who want to learn. I have to leave the rest to their chosen life.
If that apathy stopped books from being printed in Gutenberg's time...
Andy