Future Archaeology Department, BDI - JOURNAL AUG 10 (MONDAY) - BERKELEY, CA

"The last ten days have been a whirlwind of discoveries, starting with the discovery of the WAND -- wood with a a simple scanner component, pictured here -- as well as scraps of a PAPER-BASED UI from a storage device called a "LARGE ROM", which the WHISPER BOX apparently used to store a massive library - none have been recovered, but we think millions of books, poems, and so-called "SCRAPBOOK ADVENTURE GAMES"!

We now ask: Why did they design their computers to be off-line and screen-free? Did they simply have no Internet or screen technology, or were they choosing not to use it? Was it simply for the peace and quiet, or was this a sort of last-ditch technology to save this vast library of books? If so... From whom?"

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