So, if Google consciously throws books in the trash, that's ok, but if they scan them first, that's not ok?
Or maybe this is just a thin veneer over anti-techbro antipathy.
If destroying a book is such an evil, then isn't not printing a book also a huge net negative? Are you going to call on publishers to make endless print runs to churn out books that then get warehoused? I mean, if these lumps of cellulose are such inherently valuable objects, wouldn't we create endless value by piling up the unread copies?
Or maybe this is just a thin veneer over anti-techbro antipathy.
If destroying a book is such an evil, then isn't not printing a book also a huge net negative? Are you going to call on publishers to make endless print runs to churn out books that then get warehoused? I mean, if these lumps of cellulose are such inherently valuable objects, wouldn't we create endless value by piling up the unread copies?