Definitely feels like OP is describing a physical book. I supposed the nature of tech/humanity is to go full circle at times
It's still vastly superior in usability insignificant ways. Easy reproduction, full text search, physical size, etc.
Kiwix is a pretty good tool. The only real disadvantage (as far as I know) is that edits to the pages often take a long time to come through after they're made on Wikipedia (or whichever wiki you're looking at); sometimes weeks or months.
I agree that data staleness is a limiting factor. Depending on your needs and technical proficiency you could use use their zimit service (limited in the number of links it follows). The zimit tool is oss and on github, so you can run the it yourself to keep the sites you are interested in up to date in your local kiwix
Oh, nice! That's perfect!
Compared to physical encyclopedias that's still quick.
True.
There's places like Cuba I believe that has a internet only for the country meaning not connect to the world wide web. And I remember reading an arctical about how there internet gets new content by people smuggling or bringing in USB drives with information like kiwix.
Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.
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