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Originally Posted by Ryn
The fact that you "never don't know what [you] want to search for in a particular book anymore" really is neither here nor there.
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Sure it is.
You may not agree with it, but it's just as valid and relevant as your assertion that electronic indices can't always be replaced with a search engine.
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Originally Posted by Ryn
Granted, indexes are clunky, abstract, and often quite subjective.
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This was the better stopping point. It is my entire premise. The only thing missing is mention of the index's natural electronic successor: the search engine. Not everything needs to survive the medium shift. The joy and wonder of discovery and learning in the electronic era will easily survive the exclusion of what is, in essence, a vestigial print appendage.