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Re:The Higher Education Bubble: It's About to Burst by mkramlich on Tuesday August 31, 2010 @06:47PM (#1651136)
And with the Internet the world's greatest library now has an annex in every home, office, vehicle or pocket with a sub-$500 device in it.
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Re:The Higher Education Bubble: It's About to Burst by ronnoch on Tuesday August 31, 2010 @06:52PM (#1651152)
I don't know that the internet is the world's greatest library yet. In 5-10 years, when Google and Amazon have scanned every book in the world, maybe.
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Re:The Higher Education Bubble: It's About to Burst by waqf on Tuesday August 31, 2010 @08:14PM (#1651351)
If Google and Amazon scan every book in the world, do you think they'll let you have the result for free?

How about we properly fund the public library system to do its job of maximally disseminating knowledge, which it can most cost-effectively achieve by buying those scans from Google or Amazon?

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