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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
But Kaufman's words sound like those of a bitter old man seeking to intentionally frighten people, based on his own lack of appreciation of progress, and an apparent inability to separate the pulp from the ideas carried inside them.
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I've read the essay, and got impression that internet and e-books were... a collateral damage. Yes, he sees them as tools of evil, but he clearly paints the picture that evil is what is done to the content(of the book), not so much how it is done.
Labeling him as an "old technophobe" falls into (over)simplification, as far as I am concerned.