The traditional paper book is approaching the end of its nearly 600-year lifespan, soon to be usurped by its young electronic cousins. This will impact our world in a variety of ways, but it’s hard to think of any institution with more at stake than your friendly neighborhood library. Can it be saved? Should it? … Continue reading
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Death of the Megabyte, part 1
My proverbial file drawer is bursting with revolutions to write about: artificial intelligence, thought-driven cars, and genetic monsters, to name a few. But where to begin? It seems inauspicious to inaugurate this blog with a downer like climate change, and as much as I’d like to lead off with an article about monkeys in space, … Continue reading