En un post reciente intentamos señalar la tal vez sólo aparente incoherencia de que una mente imaginativa, creadora de futuros, no se entienda con las tecnologías de un presente que hizo realidad muchas de esas imaginaciones. Sólo como muestra de una contradicción semejante, transcribimos un fragmento del diálogo entre el periodista científico Leonardo Moledo y el doctor en Química e investigador del Conicet Roberto Etchenique:
Moledo: Todas estas investigaciones resultan inquietantes. Por ejemplo, yo pienso que sería maravilloso aprender un idioma mediante un chip. Pero hay otras cosas, como por ejemplo los libros. El libro parece una invención que no puede modificarse mucho, como el vaso para tomar agua. Se modifica el material, un poco la forma, pero la esencia es la misma.
Etchenique: Bueno, ahora está cambiando un poco. Los primeros libros, apenas creada la imprenta, trataban de emular el pergamino. Con el tiempo se dieron cuenta de que eso no servía para nada, que lo importante son las letras que tienen adentro. Actualmente está cambiando el soporte del libro: no le queda mucho tiempo al papel. El problema de Botnia no se genera porque la humanidad es buena y Finlandia es mala. Se genera porque la gente quiere papel y las fábricas más contaminantes de papel son las de papel bueno, lo cual significa llenar el ambiente de compuestos azufrados y olorosos.
M.:¿Cómo está cambiando el libro?
E.: Hoy por hoy se está yendo hacia un libro bochornoso y berreta y que funciona muy mal (tal vez tan mal como el libro de Gutenberg) que es el ebook, el libro que es como una pantallita y uno va pasando las páginas. Pero tiene poca luz, mala resolución, el libro es grandote, caro y lo roban en el subte. No es una excelente alternativa. Ahora bien: eso probablemente cambie, se abarate, mejore. De todos modos, va a seguir siendo más o menos lo mismo. Palabras.
M.: Palabras, palabras, palabras.
E.: Lo que cambia es el soporte material. La esencia del libro no es el papel, eso cambió: fue piedra, fue arcilla, fue papiro, fue pergamino. La próxima será silicio (no creo que dure mucho) y después, por qué no, nada.
M.: Como en Fahrenheit 451, donde cada uno se aprendía un libro de memoria.
E.: Y además, se lo puede compartir. ¿Por qué no recordar los libros? No todo el tiempo, pero sí cuando queremos. Tenerlos incorporados dentro nuestro y acceder a ellos. Alguno puede pensar que esto nos vuelve un poco androides, poco humanos. [...] Pienso que, tal vez, es una cosa innecesaria. El libro, salvo por el problema de los bosques, me parece que alcanzó una estabilidad que no sé si hace falta modificar. La pregunta es si no estamos yendo un poco lejos. Aunque para acceder a esa tecnología casi de ciencia ficción hacen falta siglos.
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[...] y azarosa simetría libresca (cualquier buen lector lo sabe: los libros dialogan entre sí), en una entrada anterior de este blog se mencionó a Fahrenheit 451, de Ray Bradbury. El título se debe a la [...]