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(Unverified)Oct 13th 2009 11:11AM
What a depressing group. This is an incredible shift in the way human beings absorb knowledge with stunning technology, and it elicits largely sour griping. My work as an historian and author has been transformed by the availability of books on Kindle, Google, Amazon, etc. So what if it costs $1 for a public domain book or $259 for a Kindle? Back in the day, just getting access to a single book for a research project could take months and cost an arm and a leg. Today I can access 10x as many sources in an hour. Last week I downloaded a $1 book onto Kindle and had it read to me aloud while I purchased a stack of other books online and downloaded half a dozen more from a Google PDF to my high speed printer. Probably three months worth of effort in a single night. Sad to see nothing but complaining about what is literally a miracle. Sorry to see you "youngins" all so horribly inconvenienced by the paradigm shift. Tough life you lead. And exactly what did you do to make the world a better place today? Get a life.