07-03-2022, 11:24 AM
right then, weve all had a chance to promote the joys of reading?
time for a little magoo reality check.
why have we striven to become a paperless society yet excluded books from the negative impact of paper?
its because we were taught that books were sacred. only an ignorant tyrant would destroy books purposely.
by definition magazines and periodicals enjoy the same protection.
think about the resources cunsumed by the 220 piece set of glossy unrecyclable national geographic youve been storing in your garage for twenty years. the true folly is that this scenario is repeated thousands of times across the globe as we speak.
each and every page is repeated millions of times to feed the market. now you have exactly the same stuff as 5 other people on your street, that you all summarily ignore.
i love cookbooks. no, i love contemporary cookbooks. when i go to book sales and galas etc i look for cookbooks.
just how relevant are the 10,000 copies of the hardcover 1974 'alison holst microwaves' out there?
could we not recycle some? it will involve destroying them tho. instead we do this book go round thing where we all look after some books until its someone elses turn to look after them
you find yourself ummming and aahhhing over whether a thirty year old dog eared copy of moonraker that looks like i ate breakfast off the front cover should be saved. back in the box it goes, not going to be destroyed on my watch.
unsustainable imo. a paradigm shift in how we consume our knowledge, or enjoy the written word is needed.
or the book will go down in history alongside the newspaper and vinyl.
time for a little magoo reality check.
why have we striven to become a paperless society yet excluded books from the negative impact of paper?
its because we were taught that books were sacred. only an ignorant tyrant would destroy books purposely.
by definition magazines and periodicals enjoy the same protection.
think about the resources cunsumed by the 220 piece set of glossy unrecyclable national geographic youve been storing in your garage for twenty years. the true folly is that this scenario is repeated thousands of times across the globe as we speak.
each and every page is repeated millions of times to feed the market. now you have exactly the same stuff as 5 other people on your street, that you all summarily ignore.
i love cookbooks. no, i love contemporary cookbooks. when i go to book sales and galas etc i look for cookbooks.
just how relevant are the 10,000 copies of the hardcover 1974 'alison holst microwaves' out there?
could we not recycle some? it will involve destroying them tho. instead we do this book go round thing where we all look after some books until its someone elses turn to look after them
you find yourself ummming and aahhhing over whether a thirty year old dog eared copy of moonraker that looks like i ate breakfast off the front cover should be saved. back in the box it goes, not going to be destroyed on my watch.
unsustainable imo. a paradigm shift in how we consume our knowledge, or enjoy the written word is needed.
or the book will go down in history alongside the newspaper and vinyl.
So if you disappear out of view You know I will never say goodbye