> I'm still WAY better off with my solar panels and ALL the books on an external hard drive.
No you're not. One component is your setup gets fried and you lose access to everything.
Paper is its own reader device: it's far more resilient, because it has much few dependencies for use. Just think about digital archiving vs paper archiving for a bit, and it becomes clear.
> I can't think of ANY situation where a print out of Wikipedia would be better than a digital version.
Wikipedia would be of little practical value in a post collapse situation. And frankly, it's pretty terrible now for anything besides satisfying idle curiosity.
No you're not. One component is your setup gets fried and you lose access to everything.
Paper is its own reader device: it's far more resilient, because it has much few dependencies for use. Just think about digital archiving vs paper archiving for a bit, and it becomes clear.
> I can't think of ANY situation where a print out of Wikipedia would be better than a digital version.
Wikipedia would be of little practical value in a post collapse situation. And frankly, it's pretty terrible now for anything besides satisfying idle curiosity.