Blog #9

i think the world wouldnt be any different without books, at least in the short term. most of the information contained in books can easily be found online. in the long run however, its impossible to say how the world would "look like" without books. what if something happens to the internet?(like the govt shutting it down), what if the internet doesnt even exist in the future?...would there be any other way of looking up information?, again its impossible to know any of these answers. personally, i think books are good to have just as a reference type of thing. its not like i read to relax but at the same time how else would we learn, how else would we know if the information we're learning isnt made up by some party or by the govt (1984) if theres nothing in writing to back up anything we say. as far as burning books goes, if we keep on using the internet to look stuff up, eventually people will no longer bother to publish books.