Double Fold

When I first started into "Double Fold" I have to admit I thought big deal they are throwing away old magazines and newspapers, you can't keep them forever. Now remember, I am someone who hates clutter and keeping unnecessary items around. An anti-clutter bug if you will. Upon finishing the book I have to say the author turned me around. I am actually shocked that all the information and knowledge on microfilm is deteriorating and that we don't have a centralized hub of original works. What a shame that so much is lost. Being a book reader I certainly do not want to get rid of paper books, though I feel guilty as to the cost of our forests around the world. I strongly believe in recycling and can't see why books can't be made from recycled paper. Further reading in "Digital Libraries" has made me wonder how technology is going to interfere or contribute to my personal reading experience--because let's all face it we want to know how it will affect us personally. I was thinking it would be great to have some sort of digital binder in which we could download the books that we wanted and could read it from a book-like binder. I still like flipping pages but I bet they could come up with something where you hit a button and it flips for you. There could be many different sizes and you could adjust the font for preference. Anyway, I keep envisioning this and how it will satisfy my guilt in killing trees.