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K “When they folded the book store, they unloaded the stranded volumes by the bushel basket for a dollar. What was not unloaded by the end of the day was given away to anyone who would haul them away. Some just recycled the paper for a few paper dollars.”
J “Running with the big dogs was just too tough. Prepping is nuanced. They are always thinking ahead. They exchanged a few sheets of paper for many sheets of paper. Their tiny house is now an enormous storehouse and warehouse of knowledge.”
K “They now have a private library with attached living quarters. Preppy prepping, perhaps? How many preppies really care about books and knowledge?”
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K “The possibility that an EMP or some such interruption in service could descend upon the land seems just surreal enough to be plausible.”
J “Taking down the grid may not come from on high. Someone could bring it down and not even know it. A lowly mouse could short a sub-station and subvert everything. A line of bad code could take down the line.”
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K “The Internet is pernicious in so many ways, yet, like life, you need to thread your way through and around the porn and propaganda and pursue the positive possibilities. Despite all the inaccurate information along the gauntlet of the search, enough accurate information emerges. However, when the current light goes dark, that also goes. We revert to older technologies. . . . Analog Knowledge Devices.”
J “When the current is interrupted, we may get a new paper currency. Cash will be confiscated by the authorities, but no one may care about books as books or books as currency. Except, however, leaving books in circulation leaves the ideas advanced in the leaves of the books in circulation. It is inevitable when you think about it. All paper will be banned in time.”
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K “You may be able to exchange a copy of Catch-22 and a box of 22s for a copy of Fahrenheit 451 and a hand full of .410 bore shells.”
J “Or a box of condoms and a copy of the The Joy of Sex for a dozen eggs and a tattered edition of the Joy of Cooking.”
K “Gets you wondering which is the product and which is the lagniappe in the deal.”
J “When we get there, joy of any kind and kindness in any form will be cherished.”
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K “Is the AKD mightier than the AK?”
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[See the “e-commentary” at Beans and Bullets (April 6, 2009), On Entitlements (July 19, 2010) and Girding For The Going Grid (October 11, 2010).]
Bumper stickers of the week:
Analog Knowledge Devices: The Future Of Technology
From Analog To Digital To Analog: The Arc Of Civilization
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