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BoxOfRain 2 hours ago

I strongly disagree with this take, a book might remain readable thousands of years from now but very few if not zero of our digital data formats likely will. We shouldn't be so quick to throw away diversity in the way information which may be useful for future generations is stored for the long term.

pfdietz 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Paper doesn't easily survive for thousands of years.

You know that pleasant used bookstore smell? It's paper slowly decomposing.

BoxOfRain 11 minutes ago | parent [-]

I'd be willing to bet that there's a lot more readable paper from thousands of years ago than there will be readable digital data from today in thousands of years. Digital information has to be actively preserved in every case, whereas paper can be passively preserved in some cases.