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Since the 1970s I have pined for the ability to have access to the information without the necessity of being overwhelmed by the physical artifacts. A stack of books is like so many vultures, lurking. The same applies to LPs, CDs, DVDs ...
Sure, a few titles I want as objects or for some special sentimental attachment. But for the most part, it's the content.
I still own thousands of LPs, CDs; hundreds of DVDs and books ... but almost all because I want the immediacy of access and not because I care a tinker's a$$ to have them lying about, or neatly shelved. They are carriers of content, not the content: and it's the words, images and sounds that matter.
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