On Mon, 19 Nov 2007 11:49:54, pauric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If it aint super broke, why charge $400 to fix it?
There are some situations in which books are super broken. Moving information around in heavy blocks of mashed wood pulp is ineffective. With the rising social, economic, and environmental costs of fossil fuels, it is also morally dubious. An example: in the developing world, access to quality libraries is rare -- the availability of books is limited by their impractical physical form. Like cellphones, which have improved people's lives in the developing world by bringing telecoms where copper wouldn't reach, ebooks have the potential of helping folks in less developed parts of the world get access to resources we take for granted. Cheers, -- Jorge ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
