Blog Post #7

 

The way we access music and books has drastically changed over the years. We are now able to listen to music at a larger scale through many different musical apps such as spotify,pandora,apple music etc. With apps like amazon we are also able to download and purchase many books online. These types of corporations have made it a lot more convenient for us to purchase music and books. However what they lack the most is the joyful and unique experience we get from going into a record store or even a bookstore. That humanistic contact cannot be replaced with digital technologies. In my opinion Purchasing online is sort of an empty experience in the sense that sometimes you may want an expert’s opinion on what type of books may interest your desires a bit more or what new records should you be trying out instead of going by the popularity bias used by the apps. The marginal-the-rejected-the-repressed is the way Damon describes what is becoming of record and book stores. In this era  digital streaming is becoming a lot more popular among many people. Yes these apps are convenient but appreciating the accommodations of record and book stores is an experience you can only receive by purchasing in person and digital streaming does not provide this.