The Sky Is Falling!
From the Orange County Register:
Cavemen used charcoal to write on walls. Ancient Egyptians scrawled hieroglyphics on papyrus scrolls. Medieval monks penned illuminated manuscripts on parchment. Then Johannes Gutenberg changed the world with movable type, making writing available to all.The Register piece is here.
Now a revolution is under way that is rapidly making ink on paper obsolete. Books as we know them are dead, many experts say.
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