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>When music, converted into digital data, could be compressed sufficiently to pass down a telephone line, music as we knew it would end. We would feel as though we were in control, but we would merely be helpless passengers. Composers and musicians would feel they had a direct line to their customers, but they would also open doors to all kinds of mental and spiritual pollution. [...] Vinyl discs, already endangered, would disappear, as would analogue tape. The CD would be unnecessary. We would use computers, some as small as a watch, to listen to music and share it, and we would be overwhelmed by the sheer volume of sounds we were exposed to, unable to distinguish good from bad.
He was writing about this stuff 40 years ago. Amazing what prescient insights one can achieve through research.
He was writing about this stuff 40 years ago. Amazing what prescient insights one can achieve through research.
