This post is going to be a little different...

No sorry, it's not about Splinterlands and the DHF proposals, so that might spoil it for some of you :)

Instead I'm going to talk about....Books!

If you have known me for any amount of time, you'll know...I love to read.  So much so, that my new career literally turned me into a mobile book salesman in a way.  But this post isn't about my love of books.

Instead, I want to talk about why I believe the printed word is so important especially in 2024.

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*(A few of my bookcases....I read about 95% of these on the shelves!)*

About ten years ago or so, I read a book that was so impactful to me, it changed the way I approached 'buying books'.  It was called 'Revenge of Analog' by David Sax.  In the book, he argued that digital was cool and all but there's a wave of products that went digital and have gone back to their analog roots. 

This changed the way I looked at media consumption too.  Not that I forgot about the digital space I had been making a living from for decades.  But it gave me a much deeper appreciation for the printed word.  You see, I had tablets lol

You would never be able to find me reading a book on an e-reader or my iPad. Ever.  There was nothing quite like handling a book, and true book worms know, the smell of a book is to be cherished as well lol

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*(My collection of John C. Maxwell books - the expert on the leadership!)*

Now this is where this blog post transitions....You see, I'm not much of a conspiracy theorist but I do think there are powers that be, that really hate this form of media.  Anywhere there is truth, there is someone trying to silence it.  And as most of the printed word seems to be going to blog posts, online articles and ebooks, nefarious publishers can 'alter' or change things as they see fit.

Take for example, my love of collecting bibles...


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This is a small snap shot of my bible collection and my wife always rolls her eyes when I bring a new bible home from work.  Do I really need another version of the KJV?  No, but there is a method to my madness here...

As time goes on, we have seen how books like the bible have been altered to fit certain narratives and beliefs.  And my belief is, I never want to trust a computer to tell me what God's Word says.  So if I can have as many of these printed versions as I can, I can help spread them out if times get rough.

And if you are a Christian, you know...Times are certainly going to get rough.

So the printed version of these books is all I want.  In fact, the printed version of all my books is all I want lol

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But let's be honest, the real reason that I love the printed version of all my books is because...I'm a book nerd.  I moved across the country twice, with barely any money to my name.  But I made sure that my books made the trip, twice.  In fact, most of my books are sitting in a storage unit now as we wait for our new home to be finished.

So there's a little bit of an addiction at play here for sure...Fellow book worms will understand :)

But as for my 'theory', not everything should be digital.  And I know that's not a popular opinion, especially in this blockchain space.  But for me, there truly is nothing more important than the printed word when it comes to media.


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