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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
This is a real-life example of not having a common base for metaphor. There are many others with mindsets that don't match yours. They are suffiecently different as to have no point of commonality. No metaphor is going to change those other viewpoints, because it isn't a communication difficulty, but a complete mismatch of worldview.
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If so... why is it that the ebook industry seems to be the only one in the world that hasn't managed to deal with these "mismatching worldviews" enough to create viable commerce and regulation? Why can I buy products from China, a country with about as different a "worldview" as the U.S., with no issues whatsoever? Are ebooks really that unique, like no other product in the world?
I don't think so. I think most of these "mismatching worldviews" are flimsy excuses for both sides' refusal to bend. Producers want to maintain existing (print-based) profits; consumers want ebooks for nothing; no one is willing to accept the middle ground.
Even better, I've tried to stand in the middle ground and coax others in the same direction. And I've generally been attacked and criticized for my trouble.
How is this industry ever going to work if both sides won't bend a bit for the other? As it is now, I'm just waiting to see one side or the other break... and that'll be it. No more ebook industry. I know no one wants that. But no one wanted metal detectors at airports, either.