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A review by mattbutreads
The Gutenberg Elegies: The Fate of Reading in an Electronic Age by Sven Birkerts
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
4.0
His hypothesis of seeing everything through a political framework was very fortuitous, and I think he has a lot of good things to say about our relevance on technology. I think he romanticizes past readership however, and relies on “good ol days” too much. Classics are so few for a reason - because the cream of the crop rises. It’s a worthwhile read, certainly, but there are moments that sound like a pulpit.