In chapter five of The Shallows, the
public library is said to be one of the most important and influential informational
media ever created. I just don’t see it that way, though.
The stereotypical library is a place where books are in shelves everywhere waiting to be knocked down like dominoes and the librarians are mean and always shushing people for the smallest noises.
Obviously, that's not always the case, but it seems that the image of the library has changed. Instead of the “dominating sounds of page-turning, there is the sound of tapping." But, why?
The Computers have invaded the Library.
The shelves of books are still close enough to be knocked down like dominoes, but they're shoved off to the side close to the walls to leave room for the herds of computers. Many of the computers are not even used for educational or studying purposes. The public library used to be a quiet place to study, but that world has long gone and left us, and it’s all because of the Wi-Fi connection and support of the internet.
If the internet had to change our way of thinking, our way of reading, and even take advantage of our growing short-term attention span that diverts us away from homework, I would’ve thought that a safe haven would be the quiet, most “un-distracting” place to be would be the nearby town library. Just how much does this very reliable, yet destructive advancement plan to change our way of living? Will we eventually invent something even more superior to the Net one day in future generations?
The stereotypical library is a place where books are in shelves everywhere waiting to be knocked down like dominoes and the librarians are mean and always shushing people for the smallest noises.
Obviously, that's not always the case, but it seems that the image of the library has changed. Instead of the “dominating sounds of page-turning, there is the sound of tapping." But, why?
The Computers have invaded the Library.
The shelves of books are still close enough to be knocked down like dominoes, but they're shoved off to the side close to the walls to leave room for the herds of computers. Many of the computers are not even used for educational or studying purposes. The public library used to be a quiet place to study, but that world has long gone and left us, and it’s all because of the Wi-Fi connection and support of the internet.
If the internet had to change our way of thinking, our way of reading, and even take advantage of our growing short-term attention span that diverts us away from homework, I would’ve thought that a safe haven would be the quiet, most “un-distracting” place to be would be the nearby town library. Just how much does this very reliable, yet destructive advancement plan to change our way of living? Will we eventually invent something even more superior to the Net one day in future generations?
In the near future books may be obsolete. We have seen this trends in the past. We went from playing sports to watching television and browsing the web for entertainment. With the creation of electronic books we will have no need for actual books. We save trees and can adjust the font on the screen as well as search up quotes. Thanks to electronic books like the nook we no longer need books
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