In pondering the future of books in a digital world, The Economist writes ($):
Books are not primarily artefacts, nor necessarily vehicles for ideas. Rather, as Mr Godin puts it, they are “souvenirs of the way we felt” when we read something.
In pondering the future of books in a digital world, The Economist writes ($):
Books are not primarily artefacts, nor necessarily vehicles for ideas. Rather, as Mr Godin puts it, they are “souvenirs of the way we felt” when we read something.
Are porn videos souvenirs of the ‘way we felt’ when we watched them?
Mine are.
You can find a precis of the article on their podcast too (free). It’s my Friday morning routine now – coffee and the economist podcast before setting off for the day.
Ben, William Phelps has a great speech on the topic of owning books and how they spark our memories of a specific emotion that we had the last time we read that book. He says marking up your books and favorite passages important because,”in later years, it is like visiting a forest where you once blazed a trail. You have the pleasure of going over the old ground, and recalling both the intellectual scenery and your own earlier self.” A full copy of the speech is available here. http://www.historyplace.com/speeches/phelps.htm