New media technologies: instant messaging ... high-definition TV ... immersive online gaming ... video chat ... satellite radio ... blogs ... telepresence ...

The list continues to grow. But in the long run — when people get past the newest new thing, the fad du jour, the hottest/coolest/fastest way to be entertained — there will still be books.

(see also LastManStanding (4 Nov 2003), ...)

TopicLife - TopicSociety - TopicLibraries - TopicLiterature - 2004-12-20

(correlates: TheCancerIdeology, BigLessons, PureCoincidence, ...)