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Here was the problem: the rise in internet access has made book research obsolete.

Absolutely not. First, all the search engines are garbage now. No matter what topic you search you will only get results from all the mainstream propaganda sources, or from blogger women who basically plagiarize other blogger women who basically plagiarize other... you get the idea.

The internet was SUPPOSED to be a source of information exchange, but it's completely unbalanced. You can forget about getting results from any opinion before the year 2000. However, if you read books you will be amazed at how much exclusive content is in them. This content can't simply be uploaded to the entire internet. Sure, there are uploaded PDF's of older books but they are the exception. And half the time they want you to "digitally borrow" them now. So much of what humanity documented is just completely lost in these old books unless a modern researcher looks through them to cite them in his work.

Although certain things are better on the internet, for example, learning DIY skills and very basic courses for math, science, etc. But when it comes to ideas and concepts, books still take the trophy of real knowledge.

These days they don't want you to have knowledge, they want to sell something to you. They want to sell their book, sell their articles, sell an affiliate product... When you have modern books like "The Art of Not Giving a F*ck" it shows just how much we need older books.

Library board members were facing a crisis, if they did not find a way to justify themselves as providing a public service they would be closed down or consolidated.

Sadly this is so accurate with our supply and dumbass model.

Unfortunately, with all that said, the fucking libraries get rid of all their old books every decade. Libraries used to have 7ft high shelves, 4ft apart, and absolutely loaded full of books. Have you seen the modern libraries now? Half the damn building is empty. Making the environment pretty and feng shui is now more important than making vast knowledge available from several cenutries.

Americans really are fucking ignorant and retarded. And they seem to love it that way.

> Here was the problem: the rise in internet access has made book research obsolete. Absolutely not. First, all the search engines are garbage now. No matter what topic you search you will only get results from all the mainstream propaganda sources, or from blogger women who basically plagiarize other blogger women who basically plagiarize other... you get the idea. The internet was SUPPOSED to be a source of information exchange, but it's completely unbalanced. You can forget about getting results from any opinion before the year 2000. However, if you read books you will be amazed at how much exclusive content is in them. This content can't simply be uploaded to the entire internet. Sure, there are uploaded PDF's of older books but they are the exception. And half the time they want you to "digitally borrow" them now. So much of what humanity documented is just completely lost in these old books unless a modern researcher looks through them to cite them in his work. Although certain things are better on the internet, for example, learning DIY skills and very basic courses for math, science, etc. But when it comes to ideas and concepts, books still take the trophy of real knowledge. These days they don't want you to have knowledge, they want to sell something to you. They want to sell their book, sell their articles, sell an affiliate product... When you have modern books like "The Art of Not Giving a F*ck" it shows just how much we need older books. >Library board members were facing a crisis, if they did not find a way to justify themselves as providing a public service they would be closed down or consolidated. Sadly this is so accurate with our supply and dumbass model. Unfortunately, with all that said, the fucking libraries get rid of all their old books every decade. Libraries used to have 7ft high shelves, 4ft apart, and absolutely loaded full of books. Have you seen the modern libraries now? Half the damn building is empty. Making the environment pretty and feng shui is now more important than making vast knowledge available from several cenutries. Americans really are fucking ignorant and retarded. And they seem to love it that way.

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Ok, so i actually agree partially with what you are saying. But since i was phoneposting on break i figured I would consolidate my thinking into the above statement.

My longer response would be that internet researching is a more efficient tool than traditional library based research. Now here is what i mean by that.

It is totally possible to write a factual research thesis without using any physical media. Leveraging the internet to access digital copies of the physical media you were looking for is time saving; and offers you the same information you were going to get by hunting for the book and hoping someone else did not borrow it already. 99% of books are scanned and available online for free.

I agree with the value of old books and knowledge. Fortunately for us so do alot of other autists. There is something called the internet archive that saves web pages so that they cannot censor or change old articles. These archives are then backed up even further by autist data hoarders [a fun hobby btw].

If people knoW proper research and scientific processes; accurate and unbiased research is possible by using the internet. You are simply utilizing a tool to save time accessing the same info from the same sources you were looking for.

Plus as a bit of a digression; I would argue that books only contain information and that knowledge is gained from an understanding of that information. Once that information is internalized and understood it becomes knowledge.

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