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 @be @mhoye @mcc Books have a substantially higher marginal cost. They're physically heavier by orders of magnitude. In my highschool, back injuries from overweight backpacks were common. I regularly sustained minor strains myself which I suspect are the cause of some back problems I have today. Most of all: physical books are just not how information is organized in real life any more. Technology has a lot of problems but imagining that we can return to a prelapsarian past is not a solution. 4 comments
@be @glyph @mhoye @mcc I agree with you. Often, people look at these issues through the lens of economics or technology - always about money or convenience. But if we look at it through a lens of environment, we might feel differently. That said, environmental issues plague book use also. So, perhaps instead of choosing one or the other, we apply an environmental lens and find the least offensive solution, whatever it is.  @spearmintwarlock @glyph @mhoye @mcc Textbook companies try to do the same shit as Google is doing with Chromebooks by intentionally creating a situation where students are pressured to buy the latest edition of a textbook just so they can follow along with the page numbers, even if the text doesn't substantially change. @spearmintwarlock @glyph @mhoye @mcc Of course, it's a bit reductive to say that technology is the problem here. The problem is capitalism, and technology makes capitalists' control easier, cheaper, and more extreme. Regardless, older technology can be a better tool. |
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@glyph @mhoye @mcc In this case, technology is the problem.