Open post Whit_justWhit @Whit_justWhit@mastodon.social · 38mo ago Replying to @brewsterkahle@mastodon.archive.org <p>"Getting rid of physical books because we now have databases is like getting rid of sunshine because of the existence of vitamin-D pills and cod liver oil." --love that.</p><p>a plea for keeping physical libraries available. (but it is key to remember that all living library collections include materials that come and also go) </p><p><a href="https://scottlocklin.wordpress.com/2023/07/28/death-of-the-physical-library/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">scottlocklin.wordpress.com/202</span><span class="invisible">3/07/28/death-of-the-physical-library/</span></a></p> @brewsterkahle@mastodon.archive.org Not for nothing, I can edit a database in a fraction of a second. The truth of the moment becomes entirely malleable if you rely on the database. Print is the only actual record of history.