For nerds like me, that artifact fulfilled more than just a collecting jones. It was — and still is — a mnemonic for the book’s contents. This week on the Observation Deck, I’m thinking about the different flavors of books, sending information across time, and the way to judge a book without a cover.
Observation Deck: Books, Artifacts and Sending Information Across Time
Books aren’t books anymore. Or rather, they’re more and less than they used to be, because now they come as bits or as atoms. They still have the information inside them, but now you can buy that information essentially separate from the container.
