I’m constantly trumpeting about the death of libraries, but the way I see it, I’m allowed. I work in one, I have always used them regularly and I only speak doom of them to try to encourage people to ‘use them or lose them’. In a lot of cases, I think rumours of the death of libraries are greatly exaggerated. I certainly hope so. Continue reading “NetBoox? Online book trading, P.O.D. and the death of libraries”
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A good Monday to you all. I’ve been a busy person. You’ll be so proud of me! Continue reading “Grasping the future – open thread”
In lieu of proper material, here is a bribe-offering. You see, by the time this post goes live, I’ll be at work. Continue reading “Stuff to see and do – open thread”
Assume, for a moment, that certain promises of Singularitarians come true, and it becomes possible to create ’sub-routines’ of an individual consciousness, copies and reiterations of a personality. Continue reading “The multiplicity of me – open thread”