Seth Godin's post, "Who Will Save Us?," brings up the point; when innovations like e-readers, iPads, and all other digital media take over the world... what will save the print and paper product industries? In fact, what will save any industry? He explains that many industries will evaporate and jobs will be lost... that paper cannot be saved. Godin explains that we need to move on from trying to "save" something that will be inevitably lost in the near future.
Godin then goes on... "If you want to know who will save the joy of reading something funny, or the leverage of acting on fresh news or the importance of allowing yourself to be changed by something in a book, then don't worry. It doesn't need saving."
He explains that we can have these things multiplied by a factor of ten because we no longer will have to worry about saving the other (paper) industry... if we just let go.
Ok. But what about the industry? What do we do with all the people, buildings, and institutions? More unemployment is NOT what we need. Lets figure out a solution before we scrap everything.
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