Re:Stolen irreplaceable books found under floor of Romanian ...
by leto_ii on Monday November 16, 2020 @10:02AM
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> Books are a classic thing that should just be digitized and the originals sold off.
> The value is in the content, not the paper and ink.
Why wouldn't this logic apply to e.g. paintings as well? Or even sculpture and various historical artifacts...
Edit:
I was asking the question rhetorically, to highlight the weakness of the original observation. Personally I do think there can be intrinsic historical value in the object of a book, regardless of the information that it happens to store.
> The value is in the content, not the paper and ink.
Why wouldn't this logic apply to e.g. paintings as well? Or even sculpture and various historical artifacts...
Edit:
I was asking the question rhetorically, to highlight the weakness of the original observation. Personally I do think there can be intrinsic historical value in the object of a book, regardless of the information that it happens to store.