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andrepdtoday at 2:19 PM5 repliesview on HN

Rare or not, destroying books is in itself a morally repugnant act. I don't know man, it's not so long ago we used to view nazi book burnings as an archetype of evil. Today companies are offering book-burning-as-a-service and it hardly causes a stir.

Bearded German man was right.


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JodieBeniteztoday at 3:32 PM

> destroying books is in itself a morally repugnant act

It's a routine act in any publisher stock management.

skeledrewtoday at 6:17 PM

Is it destruction or format shift? Technically the books still exist; just that they're now digital. There's no content loss (what I imagine comprises a "book") unless any digitization is then deleted.

Gander5739today at 3:09 PM

Well, there's a difference between destroying books to erase knowledge and control people, and destroying books because it's cheaper.

robertoandredtoday at 3:16 PM

Easy claim to make when you’re not responsible for storing those books.

SwtCybertoday at 3:43 PM

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