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Why am I so reluctant to accept Baker's agenda?
Mar 10 2008, 1:42 PM EDT | Post edited: Mar 10 2008, 1:42 PM EDT
Cultural preservation is difficult to argue against (p. 238 - physical objects become irreplaceable); the numbers seem to add up (p. 267 - it costs half as much to acquire excellent original copies); and the claims of self-destruction are clearly over-hyped (p. 201, and plenty of other pages). Despite this, it seems that there is something missing. Perhaps a more thorough investigation of the role of publishers in potentially making available out-of-print books? Or a discussion of open-source technologies that could allow continual developments that are not based solely on profits? To end with a basic "keep it as it is" attitude just doesn't seem to hold up in an age where access is apparently everything and where technologies of diffusion enable this to increasingly occur (albeit in the hands and wallets of Xerox and Microsoft). Do you find this valuable?    

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