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		staplor on Dec 13, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How the Library of Congress Unrolled a 2000-Year-O... I disagree. What's the point of having a scroll if you are unable to read it? Now it is in a form(digital) to last another thousand years.

kingkawn on Dec 14, 2019 [–]

Because it is an object from our ancestors. And the digital form will probably be destroyed long before you imagine since it’s accessibility is dependent on an industrial system remaining stable enough to deliver it

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