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Originally Posted by Liviu_5
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.
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That was pretty obviously a spurious justification, though. Publishers used the argument to scare people... but in fact, it was only a smokescreen, and the pubs themselves were the only ones caught in it. The smoke has pretty much been blown away now, and the publishers have a lot less cover to hide behind, which is why they are finally making the "me too" noises and trying to catch up to the bandwagon.
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Originally Posted by Liviu_5
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.
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You're referring to habits that can be un-learned. As an example, I "scribble" on paper so seldom that a 1x1.5" post-it pad will satisfy my writing needs for most of a year... everything else is electronic, including most of the notes that go temporarily onto the post-its. A pencil and eraser gets them to last even longer. I throw away very little paper, because I use very little paper in the first place. I even decline paper receipts when given the option. (I'm not sure what you meant by "flipping"...)
Many of us are used to using paper for various tasks... but those tasks can be performed by other media as easily. It just takes making the effort to try new ways of doing the same thing.
If anything I ever say becomes summarily known as "Jordan's Theorem," it will probably be this: "You get used to what you
want to get used to."