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A comment on Bezos should put his billions in public libraries. Parent comment
For preservation and dissemination of information, definitely. They might be useful for education, especially children's ed, though.
> In-person public speaking events?
Don't need a library for that, there are many other places this can be done.
>Museums?
Libraries and museums are different.
> Especially as the internet is increasingly fractured, censured, monitored, and otherwise limited.
As if that does not apply to libraries: Once it is legal to censor an item online it will also be removed from libraries.
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For preservation and dissemination of information, definitely. They might be useful for education, especially children's ed, though.
> In-person public speaking events?
Don't need a library for that, there are many other places this can be done.
>Museums?
Libraries and museums are different.
> Especially as the internet is increasingly fractured, censured, monitored, and otherwise limited.
As if that does not apply to libraries: Once it is legal to censor an item online it will also be removed from libraries.