[HN Gopher] Saying Goodbye to My Parents' Library
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       Saying Goodbye to My Parents' Library
        
       Author : Caiero
       Score  : 16 points
       Date   : 2022-08-31 20:42 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | 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
        
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