{"id":46005,"date":"2014-10-21T12:08:55","date_gmt":"2014-10-21T18:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/10\/21\/and-sometimes-you-just-want-to-ride-a-horse.html"},"modified":"2014-11-05T09:37:10","modified_gmt":"2014-11-05T16:37:10","slug":"and-sometimes-you-just-want-to-ride-a-horse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/10\/21\/and-sometimes-you-just-want-to-ride-a-horse.html","title":{"rendered":"And sometimes you just want to ride a horse"},"content":{"rendered":"

Words of wisdom from +<\/span>Doyce Testerman<\/a><\/span> on the paper-book vs e-book debate.<\/p>\n

Originally shared by +Doyce Testerman<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Future of the Book<\/b><\/p>\n

or<\/p>\n

"In which standards are always in steep decline, and things keep getting better."<\/i><\/p>\n

I don't worry about the future of stories<\/b> any more than I worry about the future of travel; people need stories the same way people need to go from Point A to Point B.<\/p>\n

See, when it comes to travel, getting to point A to point B is usually the entire point, and if people argued non-stop that switching from horses to cars (or cars to trains, or trains to airplanes) was going to 'destroy travel', they'd been (rightly) seen as idiots.<\/p>\n

Yes, switching to a car from a horse profoundly changes the "travel experience." Yes, I know it's just not the same for you without that 'horse smell'. Got it.<\/p>\n

But you still got to Point B just fine?<\/p>\n

And Point B is where you wanted to go? Yes?<\/p>\n

Then shut up.<\/p>\n

That's how the ebook versus paper<\/i> debate strikes me: people debating the vehicle<\/b>, when it's the thing inside<\/i> that actually matters.<\/p>\n

via +<\/span>Mark Brueschke<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nThe future of the book<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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