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On the same note, 1) Why would anyone be interested in vintage cars or antique mechanical clocks when modern cars are so much better and a $2 quartz clock is so much more precise?

2) Why would anyone be interested in emulating an imprecise analog clock on their smart watch which is perfectly capable of showing Arabic digits and much more?



Exactly. Except perhaps for aesthetic reasons. But much of the old stuff was grotesquely ugly.

A loaded entry-level car has more luxury and performance than an old land yacht. My phone has more computing power now than the Pentagon, then.

When books began to printed, did people long for hieroglyphics?




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