A Debate on the Perseverance of Books as We Know Them
The subject pretty much says it all... enjoy!
He says:
don't get me wrong, i love books, books came first, then there was the computer. i'll have my own library of a sort, cause i'll have alot of books, but they'll only be books i've read and could possibly read agan or have some sort of attachment to even if i won't read em again
Eddy says:
ah..
Eddy says:
but you're using past tense
Eddy says:
which means books are no longer first for you
He says:
not really, i haven't found any books that have piqued my interest lately but i'm still drooling over new computer gearz
Eddy says:
I just love how books are so enduring..
Eddy says:
technology upgrades and older versions fade away, but books remain constant throughout history..
He says:
yeah, right now they're starting to wane though, i give em 50-200 years before there are no more books in the sense we think of them,
Eddy says:
I think I would cry the day books change to something other than they are now
He says:
i would too, if i'm alive at the time
Eddy says:
considering how long books have stayed in relatively similar format over the ages, I doubt books would die away that quickly though
He says:
they haven't, it's been beginning to errode since the beginning of the computer era,
Eddy says:
yes they have..
Eddy says:
books were once rolls of parchment, scrolls of text, I suppose
Eddy says:
then they became bound
Eddy says:
then the printing press came along and made mass-printing possible
Eddy says:
then the computer came along and made mass-printing even more possible
He says:
and then came the internet,
Eddy says:
Yes
Eddy says:
but nothing beats the feel of pages between your fingers
He says:
nope, nothing does, i love reading books ^^
Eddy says:
the scent of wood mixed with light ink
He says:
just saying, i don't think they'll be around too too much longer, especially as we're fastly approach cheaper hand held devices
Eddy says:
so that's why I find it hard to believe that paper-bound novels will go away
Eddy says:
to read a book through an electronic screen.. that's horrid
Eddy says:
bad for the eyes
Eddy says:
paper is a lot better..
He says:
they'll still hang on, just like everything does, but eventually you know they'll just phase out like the vhs
Eddy says:
vhs is still around though
Eddy says:
and that, again, is technology
Eddy says:
technology always fades away
Eddy says:
books are not technology
Eddy says:
what's used to make them is, but books themselves are not
Eddy says:
they're like the table
Eddy says:
or the chair
Eddy says:
enduring necessities
Eddy says:
that merely change their outer shell over time, but in essence remain the same for its functionality and necessity
He says:
yeah, but printing a book, even mass market scale, takes more time then it would be to copy data to a computer chip, that's why i think they'll phase out eventually
Eddy says:
as long as people buy books
Eddy says:
as long as they continue to bring in revenue
Eddy says:
and as long as the technology continues to grow in efficiency
Eddy says:
I don't see books fading
Eddy says:
perhaps in thousands of years
He says:
i'm just basing mine on the computer age's habit of mass acceleration
Eddy says:
and I'm basing mine on the necessity of the physical book
He says:
hopefully you're right and it'll take way longer than i predicted
He says:
don't get me wrong, i love books, books came first, then there was the computer. i'll have my own library of a sort, cause i'll have alot of books, but they'll only be books i've read and could possibly read agan or have some sort of attachment to even if i won't read em again
Eddy says:
ah..
Eddy says:
but you're using past tense
Eddy says:
which means books are no longer first for you
He says:
not really, i haven't found any books that have piqued my interest lately but i'm still drooling over new computer gearz
Eddy says:
I just love how books are so enduring..
Eddy says:
technology upgrades and older versions fade away, but books remain constant throughout history..
He says:
yeah, right now they're starting to wane though, i give em 50-200 years before there are no more books in the sense we think of them,
Eddy says:
I think I would cry the day books change to something other than they are now
He says:
i would too, if i'm alive at the time
Eddy says:
considering how long books have stayed in relatively similar format over the ages, I doubt books would die away that quickly though
He says:
they haven't, it's been beginning to errode since the beginning of the computer era,
Eddy says:
yes they have..
Eddy says:
books were once rolls of parchment, scrolls of text, I suppose
Eddy says:
then they became bound
Eddy says:
then the printing press came along and made mass-printing possible
Eddy says:
then the computer came along and made mass-printing even more possible
He says:
and then came the internet,
Eddy says:
Yes
Eddy says:
but nothing beats the feel of pages between your fingers
He says:
nope, nothing does, i love reading books ^^
Eddy says:
the scent of wood mixed with light ink
He says:
just saying, i don't think they'll be around too too much longer, especially as we're fastly approach cheaper hand held devices
Eddy says:
so that's why I find it hard to believe that paper-bound novels will go away
Eddy says:
to read a book through an electronic screen.. that's horrid
Eddy says:
bad for the eyes
Eddy says:
paper is a lot better..
He says:
they'll still hang on, just like everything does, but eventually you know they'll just phase out like the vhs
Eddy says:
vhs is still around though
Eddy says:
and that, again, is technology
Eddy says:
technology always fades away
Eddy says:
books are not technology
Eddy says:
what's used to make them is, but books themselves are not
Eddy says:
they're like the table
Eddy says:
or the chair
Eddy says:
enduring necessities
Eddy says:
that merely change their outer shell over time, but in essence remain the same for its functionality and necessity
He says:
yeah, but printing a book, even mass market scale, takes more time then it would be to copy data to a computer chip, that's why i think they'll phase out eventually
Eddy says:
as long as people buy books
Eddy says:
as long as they continue to bring in revenue
Eddy says:
and as long as the technology continues to grow in efficiency
Eddy says:
I don't see books fading
Eddy says:
perhaps in thousands of years
He says:
i'm just basing mine on the computer age's habit of mass acceleration
Eddy says:
and I'm basing mine on the necessity of the physical book
He says:
hopefully you're right and it'll take way longer than i predicted