Gerald Posner @geraldposner · 03 Sep 2026
I order a lot of secondhand and vintage books online. This year the prices jumped and I chalked it up to inflation. I was wrong. The reason behind the spike in prices is what AI companies euphemistically dub "destructive scanning." That is when they buy millions of second-hand https://t.co/hjXzMdeuib
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