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tamimioyesterday at 4:08 AM2 repliesview on HN

I can imagine 100y from now, most if not all books and knowledge are in electronic format or even just as part of an AI, then a wild solar flare wipes out all electronics in a minute..


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TomK32yesterday at 6:16 AM

Books have been declared dead several times of the last quarter century, yet in the EU alone it's still half a million new titles every year and a 40 billion Euro market.

ivellyesterday at 6:06 AM

Good premise for a scifi novel.