Friday, December 2, 2011

Book, PAPER!

Williams got it pretty wrong.

Books, we need them in paper, not in some electronic versions. We need to check out a book, sit down in a quite place with nothing else in mind, and take in the information and try to understand them exhaustively. They are not like novels, which one can easily scan through in a computer screen. Those librarians do not understand us.

Electronic version is for those who never seek to understand the material, but just want to know the arguments so as to replicate the arguments to show off their knowledge and (artificial) intelligence in the next conversation (it should remind you of the asshole in the bar in The Good Will Hunting).

Why the hell do we spend so much money on building a new library, when we our library is full of old and outdated books? Why not just spend money to get these new books?

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