[HN Gopher] Saying Goodbye to My Parents' Library ___________________________________________________________________ Saying Goodbye to My Parents' Library Author : Caiero Score : 16 points Date : 2022-08-31 20:42 UTC (2 hours ago) (HTM) web link (www.wsj.com) (TXT) w3m dump (www.wsj.com) | kemayo wrote: | > Mr. Lloyd is the co-creator of "Modern Family" and the longtime | showrunner of "Frasier." | | ...okay, yeah, I _completely_ believe that the showrunner of | Frasier would be able to write an article like this. (No | aspersions being cast, it 's just so very on-brand with the | show.) | 1vuio0pswjnm7 wrote: | TikTok needs to conduct surveillance, data collection and sell | advertising. | | Books do not need any of that. They do not even need electricity. | | The former would seem far more brittle over time. | | Lest we forget that the existence of "tech" companies, i.e., | commercial websites that do not sell anything to their visitors, | is a teeny-tiny blip in the history of information, almost | indistinguishable unless one is right up close to it. We are | literally living in that blip, so our perspective is, for lack of | a better term, severly nearsighted. | dmje wrote: | I kinda thought this would be an article about possessions and a | lifetime spent gathering them; what they mean, if anything, and | what to do about them as generations change. That to me would | make a more interesting read than one that focused on "whether | books are still relevant" which was really where this one went. | | I'm grappling with the former problem so maybe it's just right | there in my consciousness right now. I've got a house full of | parental possessions - including hundreds of books collected over | a lifetime, and I've got to get rid of them. I love books but | just don't have the space for more. The journey is hard and very | poignant. | mistrial9 wrote: | churn is obviously in the interest of those selling participation ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2022-08-31 23:00 UTC)