Steel that was formed before we started making nuclear contamination, known as low-background steel or pre-war steel, often in the form of old naval vessels and other large, old, steel infrastructure, has a special value to us. It can be used for building instruments with high sensitivity to radiation, as the steel made since becomes polluted with what is now part of the world.
I see a strong metaphor for literature authored before a specific time, roughly when the web came to be, or certainly when two way discourse on a page, or aggregation, became prevalent. And certainly far before bespoke communications targeted at us, as individuals or interest groups.
If the modern web were air it would taste of metal; I have a fear that I will become biased that older texts are superior for the sole reason that modern texts can be assumed inferior.
I see a strong metaphor for literature authored before a specific time, roughly when the web came to be, or certainly when two way discourse on a page, or aggregation, became prevalent. And certainly far before bespoke communications targeted at us, as individuals or interest groups.
If the modern web were air it would taste of metal; I have a fear that I will become biased that older texts are superior for the sole reason that modern texts can be assumed inferior.