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the 1990s
Already deprecatedSelling dead trees to people who own search engines is bold.
Professional porch-dweller and paper-pusher extraordinaire.
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Door-to-door sales of multi-volume reference books. You knocked on cold leads to push bound paper encyclopaedias.
The one thing AI can't do
You had the persistence to stand on a porch and endure a door slamming.
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Step by step, from the first quiet change to Deprecation Day.
1970
Computers start making static reference books look incredibly dusty.
1985
Entire sets of books fit onto a single shiny disc.
1995
Search engines appear and make the door-to-door pitch look ridiculous.
1998
The last sales floor closes as buyers choose free websites.
Already
The entire profession was erased by the search bar.
What you cost, what the machine costs, and what you get on the way out.
Per year
Savings: 99.1%
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Books sold per week
Eternal
Rejection frequency
100%
Average smile fatigue
Your severance
A vintage globe and a firm handshake.
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