I enjoy reading, probably more than most - but in an age where everything is interconnected and you can access any and all text from the supercomputer in your pocket, do we even really need libraries anymore?
I have an entire bookshelf full and havent touched them in years.
Yep we do. Next time internet goes doen thanks your librarian (I have a private library of some sort. Having printed books can be very good and a way to reduce screem time or other things.)
eh, I have several hundred ebooks on all of my devices & get internet access from several different providers - an outage doesnt really impact me in any meaningful way.
though I hadnt considered the other resources that libraries offer (per the other comment) - but, again, all of those resources are already freely available elsewhere
eh, I have several hundred ebooks on all of my devices & get internet access from several different providers - an outage doesnt really impact me in any meaningful way. though I hadnt considered the other resources that libraries offer (per the other comment) - but, again, all of those resources are already freely available elsewhere
That’s a terribly subjective metric, assuming that all have the priviledge or the will to follow that system. But the fact that you don’t need it does not mean that others don’t need it either. I often think that the fact that so much goes through an internet connection is a problem, because I am not garanteed that it works as inteded at all times even when it does. The epub reader needs further software support and a device. But to many the library is the only place to do it. Knowledge is only useful when it’s accessible to all, and that’s where electronic devices are already separating the rich from the poor.
I’m curious about the part where there were protesters present at the eviction. It wasn’t her house, so what organization was bringing these people out?
I didn’t say I had a problem with it. Just the article said police were “met by protesters” which sounds more organized than let’s get the neighbors out.
It got this way because younger people are willing to go into debt to get an education, and schools take advantage of that expected level of debt. I highly recommend looking up certificates that are available. One of the best ways to change this is for people to switch to alternatives.
All well and good right up until it works against you… Everyone points to Gore and Clinton, but imagine what happens the first time a Democrat loses under this system, there will be riots.
Why do you think that is true? The only violence from people unhappy with a presidential election that I can think of is the MAGA insurrection in 2021.
Unless Maine also repeals their use of instant runoff voting for the presidential election, their own votes won’t count toward the national popular vote. The compact makes no provision for counting ranked ballots, and there isn’t really any fair way to do so anyway.
But I was told even being within one square mile of a dust of spec of fent will kill every cop who is unlucky enough to be around but all the perps and regular citizens are immune??
Twenty years ago the going rate at private liberal arts colleges in the US was $40k/yr (including room and board). What is an example of a school that was charging 2.5x that?
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