Why read books if we can’t remember what’s in them? (nytimes.com)
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fakelvis Jun 4, 2012 | on: Why read books if we can’t remember what’s in them? | context

The original NYT article was posted to HN almost two years ago. The comments from that post are worth a read: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1743513

eneveu Dec 22, 2010 | on: Conceding Defeat - The Internet is Stronger Than I Am | context

There was an interesting discussion on this very subject 6 months ago:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/19/books/review/Collins-t.htm... http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1743513