Heh, my chemistry teacher talked about slide rules and extrapolating numbers and how we had it all made. I am young enough to never have had to use one; cheap calculators have been available since I was born.
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Originally Posted by Format C:
Wait.
Typewriter is an instrument to get a job done.
A novel is not.
Maybe there are a few typemaniacs who type gibberish for hours for the fun of it, I don't know.
But you can't compare it.
Every person I know who loves to ride horses uses cars or trains to commute. No one of them uses buses for fun, they ride horses.
And yes, cars have replaced horses and saddlecoaches as means of transportation.
I'm not talking about the better way to have a job done: no matter how much you like the sound of it, a Waterman is better than a plume.
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A physical book is also a way to get a job done. It is a way to deliver information (specifically, words) to you so you can read it. And eBooks do a better job of it.
It's not like devices which are used purely for entertainment have been spared the march of progress. After all, digital downloads and CDs replaced LP discs and tapes.