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Tues News: 4/13 (End of Days Edition)
Michael Block | April 13th, 2010
They say that all good things must come to an end. You were probably worried that this applied to the Tues News since we took a week off, weren’t you? Well, maybe not. Anyway, the predictions associated with endings are often a bit exaggerated. According to different groups of doomsayers, we were supposed to run out of oil by now, computers should have already turned on their human masters and the four horsemen of the apocalypse should have begun their terrible ride. Sometimes predictions can be right on, sometimes they can be a little hasty. What’s always true is that bold prophecies about the “end of _____” are always entertaining, if not a little foreboding. This week, on the Tues News, I’m bringing to light three interesting theories about “the end” of various things that we have become very accustom to. Without further ado, let’s get going! The End of Books: Books have been under attack since their inception. They have had to survive difficult manufacturing processes, widespread illiteracy, the advent of the radio, motion pictures, television and the Internet, the rise of e-readers and many other signs of the bookpocalypse. Of course, books have proven to be natural survivors. Well, according to author and columnist, Paul Carr, the iPad will represent the final nail in the coffin for books. It’s not that it’s a better e-reader, he argues, it isn’t. It’s just that who would want to read a book (on paper or e-ink) when they can browse Internet, Continue reading…
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