Well, I don't disagree that we could hit a paradigm shift in terms of technological development and then everything will change. That's the point of paradigm shifts: we really can't see them coming. But I like that the book made me think about the alternative, i.e. there not being a paradigm shift.
I take your point about the concents, but only to a point - the Rule was originally self-imposed, and...well, spoilers, but I can say that they're for all ideas, period, not just dangerous ideas.
As for vellum versus digital, though, there's only one of those formats that has lasted for centuries thus far.
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Date: 2012-07-07 05:44 (UTC)I take your point about the concents, but only to a point - the Rule was originally self-imposed, and...well, spoilers, but I can say that they're for all ideas, period, not just dangerous ideas.
As for vellum versus digital, though, there's only one of those formats that has lasted for centuries thus far.