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The problem with innovation as a reader is that the perfect technology has already been invented (book) and every subsequent innovation has the defect of being Not Book.

20/8/26, 12:35 am37 reposts221 likes

Steven B

@stevenbfla.bsky.social

20 Aug

We all saw what a debacle Ultraword was in 2003 and learned from it.

Lee Leslie

@leeleslie.bsky.social

20 Aug

I recently upgraded from Reading Book to Reading Book with Pencil. Welcome to the future.

💀💀💀 Adam Slay 🎃🎃🎃

@bullgooseparty.bsky.social

20 Aug

Those poor bastards who only had Scroll

Raptor

@raptornx01.bsky.social

20 Aug

scrolls are just tubular books.

Nicholas Payne

@kipenyan.bsky.social

20 Aug

Chart of reading quality over time, bell curve, scroll -> book -> scroll. You get it

Aliensinnoh

@aliensinnoh.bsky.social

20 Aug

This could be from 100 AD or 2026 AD. We’ve circled back around.

Matt Pearce

@mattdpearce.com

20 Aug

Like the way software people are like “cmon man, you gotta get with times on AI,” book people are like “hey, have you tried reading a book”

The Mix

@themixjazz.bsky.social

20 Aug

"Like, you mean get AI to summarize the book?"

sam-plings.bsky.social

@sam-plings.bsky.social

This is correct.

To quote 30 Rock: "Wanting to be book... is not book."