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Originally Posted by desertgrandma
 Did you ever play that 'whisper' game? One person says something, who whispers it to the next one, and on down the line. By the time it gets to the end, it has no recognizable relationship to the original statement.
I'm just sayin'..........  |
One wonders what role this played in ancient myths and religions...
But the point is, Sherman's attitudes are so self-serving. He worries about the negatives of ebooks while simultaneously ignoring the negatives of his own physical books. And he ignores the positives as well, as many have pointed out.
One of my former mentors helped bring low-cost computers and modem connections into the Native American communities in Colorado that promoted the preservation of their artwork and culture in computer graphics. His work was helpful, not harmful, to the very people Sherman claims to care about.
All technology is a double-edged sword; that's the price of the eating the apple from the Tree of Knowledge.