Only the card catalog can save us from AI!

All computers must be destroyed, so the card catalog can reign supreme again

Many years ago, long before smartphones and the Internet, people who wanted to read books went to this quaint public building called a library. When you walked into the library, you could smell the books, and you were immediately taken by the quiet atmosphere of reading and knowledge.

You had the option of walking around the library and browsing to find a book, or you could use this thing called “the card catalog.” The card catalog consisted of row after row of index cards that were made of paper and that contained each book’s information.

Here’s what the card catalog looked like for you younger people:

Here are a few cards: