Creative destruction

[BigAl-sa]

Books are stupid - never liked them and I still don't. But for all those living in the past, I am sure they will rename at least one or two libraries to museums.

A book is an inanimate object. It can't be stupid. You however, can be...

 

[Rouxenator]

Ok, let me rephrase, people who like books are stupid.

 

[BigAl-sa]

Ok, let me rephrase, people who like books are stupid.

Then I must be very stupid...

 

[Rouxenator]

Don't worry, admitting you have a problem is the first step to recovery.

 

[Ianf1]

I admit to being stupid.
Rouxnator are you stupid or haven't you ever used books?
Or are you being a troll?

 

[Rouxenator]

I am not the sharpest tool in the shed but I can honestly say that I do not own any physical books. I do have a few eBooks and I enjoy reading online. Last books I had was textbooks while I studied. In the future I hope to see a steady decline in the amount of trees being wasted on the production of printed media.

 

[Crusader]

I am not the sharpest tool in the shed but I can honestly say that I do not own any physical books. I do have a few eBooks and I enjoy reading online. Last books I had was textbooks while I studied. In the future I hope to see a steady decline in the amount of trees being wasted on the production of printed media.

You do know that those trees are specifically planted for paper production right? Nice CO² sink.

 

[Rouxenator]

Meh, books still suck.

 

[Shayd]

This is like the silly iOS vs Android arguments. Wake up folks there is a market for both and neither is better than the other.

 

[LazyLion]

Books are stupid - never liked them and I still don't. But for all those living in the past, I am sure they will rename at least one or two libraries to museums.

Ok, let me rephrase, people who like books are stupid.

Don't worry, admitting you have a problem is the first step to recovery.

I am not the sharpest tool in the shed but I can honestly say that I do not own any physical books. I do have a few eBooks and I enjoy reading online. Last books I had was textbooks while I studied. In the future I hope to see a steady decline in the amount of trees being wasted on the production of printed media.

Meh, books still suck.

This explains a lot.

 

[OMB]

Ok, let me rephrase, people who like books are stupid.

actually not so, there's plenty of research that show reading makes you smarter http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/~johnso87/englishnine/What%20Effect%20Reading%20Has%20on%20Our%20Minds.pdf just a small example

 

[Rouxenator]

You don't need a book in order to read.

 

[LazyLion]

You don't need a book in order to read.

And let me guess your next one ... you don't need a brain to be able to post stuff on a message board either, right?

 

[Rouxenator]

And let me guess your next one ... you don't need a brain to be able to post stuff on a message board either, right?

Nope, as you have proven ad infinitum, all you need is slightly unrelated sarcasm

 

[Synaesthesia]

In the future paper books will still have a place in hardcover art books or coffee table type books. For regular novels and all other reading I much prefer ebooks. It's like when we switched from records and CD's to MP3's, or film to digital.

90% or more of my reading is already in electronic format.

 

[cpu.]

You don't need a book in order to read.

Were you bullied by books when you were growing up? Don't worry, they're just stupid and don't know better.

 

[bekdik]

Electronic media has one major advantage over printed media - it is capable of being kept fully up to date and error free.

 

[Ianf1]

This is like the silly iOS vs Android arguments. Wake up folks there is a market for both and neither is better than the other.

Shayd that is the best answer to this.

 

[ThinkCentre]

You think it's environmentalist pressure that's doing this?:wtf: It obviously the fact that more and more people prefer electronic media to physical. Should I feel bad that cd and dvd manufacturers are making less due to me using Steam. I doubt the mountain of small developers that exist purely because of digital distribution think so.

The simple truth is that for every industry that dies, a new one pops up.

Not really but it would the green-peace junkies feel better!

 

[zamicro]

Having all my books on a single electonic device vs a huge bookshelf? Prefer the former. Paper and keeping physical copies of items is old school.

Agreed. If I can trade my physical copies for eBooks, I would without a doubt jump at the opportunity.