"Cushing Academy has all the hallmarks of a New England prep school, with one exception.
This year, after having amassed a collection of more than 20,000 books, officials at the pristine campus about 90 minutes west of Boston have decided the 144-year-old school no longer needs a traditional library. The academy’s administrators have decided to discard all their books and have given away half of what stocked their sprawling stacks - the classics, novels, poetry, biographies, tomes on every subject from the humanities to the sciences. The future, they believe, is digital."
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6 comments:
Shoot me now.
I'll save you a bullet.
S*!t. So the rumors are true.
Brave New World, indeed.
i don't understand this need to be digital. not books. no. no no no no no.
and another no.
Had a conversation with someone recently about the demise of newspapers. I asked, "What am I gonna read in the bagel shop?" His reply was I'd be reading on my Kindle or my smartphone.
So lemme see . . . $300 for the device, $50 bucks a month for wireless access . . .
I'll just read the free real estate circulars, thanks very much.
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