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    Why the World of Typewriter Collectors Splits Down the Middle When These Machines Come Up for Sale
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    1. chrisaldrich 19 Mar 2024

      [[Mark Lawrence Schrad]] in Why the World of Typewriter Collectors Splits Down the Middle When These Machines Come Up for Sale<br /> at 2024-03-16 12:00 PM <br /> (accessed:: 2024-03-19 10:23:08)

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    2. chrisaldrich 19 Mar 2024
      typewriters are ultimately instruments of human creation, not destruction.

      This is a bit too rosy when we've just seen it used to help in the bureaucracy of death.

      creation vs. destruction separating work from artist
    3. chrisaldrich 19 Mar 2024
      some argue that the typewriter is just an inanimate object; a tool crafted for a specific purpose, which assumes neither the responsibility of the user nor his blame.

      though what about when the creator is human and not inanimate?

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