Sunday, May 17, 2009

The Steven Johnson Article

If ideas and innovation bloom in the digital world, I will believe it when I see it.

Reading remains for me a private activity and I believe that for most serious readers it will remain essentially private also despite the opportunity to share online.

That we will stumble upon books that we did not know about through links is certainly true and has already been true for me.

More public commenting on books excerpts? Again, I'll believe when I see it. I am dubious.

I hope that digitizing does NOT lead to the way books are written.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I agree that reading will continue to thrive as a private activity. It may become more public, but the private aspect will not become obsolete.