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” Very likely, in the near future, I won’t “own” any music, or books, or movies. Instead I will have immediate access to all music, all books, all movies using an always-on service, via a subscription fee or tax.”
“As cars become more ‘electronic’ or digital, they will tend to be swapped and shared and used in a social way. The more we embed intelligence and smarts into clothing the more we’ll treat these articles as common property. We’ll share aspects of them (perhaps what they are made of, where they are, what climate they see), which means that we’ll think of ourselves as sharing them.”
Maybe it’s because I’m a packrat, but I like owning books. I like holding them, looking at them, and of course reading them. As a practical matter, I also find it difficult to read on a screen for long periods of time. I can easily read a 500 page book on paper, but not on a computer.
Good point. That’s a interesting subject we’ve been talking about before.
I can only speak for myself. I would love to move the majority of my library to an eReader if it’s designed to let me access and read all the books I want in a frictionless way (this hasn’t been done yet). But that doesn’t mean I don’t want buy books anymore.
By the way, Glen Hiemstra and Gerd Leonhard (Future Talks) also have an interesting discussion about the same subject.