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Japanese used bookstores see 5x sales surge as books are being bought by the ton

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patall · 1790265425 · focus · HN ↗
Can someone explain why the old books could really be relevant. I get the pre-nuclear steel analogy, but why is this relevant given how much more modern texts exist. A few years ago, millions of yahoo groups were erased but now a few thousand books are what is needed to run a successful AI company? I mean, it can barely be about the information in those books (that would be very often outdated), but just for a little more text (with ever less marginal gain), what is the benefit?
1. acuozzo · 1790275982 · focus · HN ↗
  > Can someone explain why the old books could really be relevant.
  Lots and lots of information is not online. You'd be surprised.

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