The printed book, as Seth Godin wrote recently, is a fetish of sorts, like an expensive watch: something we buy because we like to look at it, but something that is no longer really functional or necessary. In the end, that’s likely to be a good thing, not a bad one.
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These fetish objects allow us to remember and retell the stories, the metaphors, we live by. Ingram’s article doesn’t...
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Seth Godinが言ったように、紙の本は高い時計と同じように、「こだわりの品物」になるだろう。ただ見ていたいから買うもので、機能や必要性とは関係ないものだ。最終的に、それは良い物だろう。
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