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Originally Posted by SteveEisenberg
If we have any people on the board with lots of money they don't know what to do with, they could put the book borrowing honor system to the test. Fund a study where someone picks a branch public library somewhere, and eliminate checkout. Just put up a sign saying that patrons are asked to bring back all books within three weeks. Then see in a couple of months how many books are left in that library, with the philanthropist funding replacement.
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And once again we are conflating physical books with electronic books while forgetting that
they are not the same thing. 
If I forget to return a physical book to the library,
they don't have it anymore.