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Originally Posted by iterati
Finally, I hope that we’ll replace paper altogether in the next 20 years say and probably it will be
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This thread is interesting for many reasons, and the only negative about speculating about e-books replacing print books in the foreseeable future is the fact that such was used as justification for drm and high ebook prices.
If you think of how you use paper (from scribbling, to flipping, to casually throwing it around and in the trash), you will realize quickly that replacing paper is very, very unlikely unless e becomes an extension of our bodies, so we connect directly through our minds to an e-cloud. SF maybe, but more likely than devices replacing paper.
However this argument that ebooks will replace print books is used for nefarious purposes by publishers and this is why it should be debunked; accepting sacrifices now (drm, high ebook prices) for the glorious future, well I lived through that once (communist paradise was always round the corner, maybe not next year, but in the next five years for sure), so I am always skeptical of arguments inviting people to shared sacrifices; usually the one who invites and his peers do the sharing (of others stuff of course), the rest of the people do the sacrifices...