27.1.09

Updike

John Updike died today. RIP.
Here's an article he wrote in 2006, in support of books.
I can't make up my mind with this argument. I feel split in the middle, one side in favor of the Wiki-esque open digital library, the completely democratic flow of knowledge across the connected world, another side in favor of sitting in my living room that is lined with floor-to-ceiling shelves full of dusty books. Romanticism/enlightenment. Hmm.

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