I spent part of today rearranging my office. The problem, which I know is not unique to me, is that I have lots and lots of books.<\/p>\n
So I needed to put in new bookshelves. A very pre-internet sort of problem to have.<\/p>\n
On the one hand it was difficult work — moving around boxes of stuff and piles of books. On the other hand, it made me feel very connected to the space and to the things within it.<\/p>\n
As we all go more and more virtual, these problems will gradually go away. Books may become thought of as a quaint artifact of another age, the way we now look at steam engine locomotives.<\/p>\n
But that sense of physical engagement, the investment of your own body into the process, will have been lost. I suspect that after that has happened, when accumulated knowledge no longer has a physical aspect, people will not realize what they are missing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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