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Remember when they created those "zones" for DVDs? That was the beginning. Our planet was fragmented, in the name of business, and of copyright protection. But in fact, the reason was absolutely clear: people were not supposed to understand each other. They were not supposed to understand directly how the others saw the world. Only the "hubs" like London, New York or Paris were allowed to decide and pre-chew, how the conquered part of humanity could interact, intellectually, culturally and ideologically.
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The books; oh yes, the books!
They have not started burning books, yet, as they did in Ray Bradbury's novel "Fahrenheit 451". I repeat, not yet.
But the system has made sure that books which even slightly challenge the system are hardly made available to the public.
It goes without saying that I made sure to count on two massive personal libraries, in both Asia and in Latin America.
Remember, they told you how 'un-ecological' printing paper books really was? Funny, you were never told how toxic tablets, computers and mobile phones are. What you were also never told is that if you begin to rely fully on electronic books, the tap can be closed, at any moment, and doing what you do, you will be locked out from the information.
In Asia and South America, I accumulated thousands of essential (and not so essential) books. And I am a proud co-publisher of a small, but vigorous publishing house Badak Merah ('Red Rhino'). And I never agree to publish any of my own, more than 20 books in 35 languages so far, electronically, before they are first printed on paper.
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