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In response to
"I still buy real books. Usually second-hand. I don't have an eReader, and reading on the iPhone is painful. :) -- nm"
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Beryllium
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what irks me is this tech-optimist idea that tech change is somehow a linear process that means when the new thing comes along it will immediately...
Posted by
x (aka dmuck)
Feb 16 '11, 10:20
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replace the old. in fact, if the history of tech change shows anything it's that technological change tends to take a punctuated form that operates in fits and starts and is affected by all sorts of cultural and economic factors that can sometimes mean that the so-called obsolete remains in place for a heck of a long time.
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