“Adult literacy in the U.S. is also at an all-time high: 242,895,000 adults (98 percent of the adult population) were considered literate in 2010. ”
via McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: The State of Publishing..
“Words are memes that can be pronounced.” Daniel Dennett
…and now back to your regular programming.
Quote from Daniel C. Dennett:Â TED Video (video starts right away)
Internet is easy prey for governments – Doug Rushkoff
The internet is broken (or, more to the point, easily breakable…)
For all that the revolution in Egypt tells us about the power of networked media to promote bottom-up change, it even more starkly reveals the limits of our internet tools and the ease with which those holding power can take them away.
Thank you Doug Rushkoff for scaring me straight here…yikes.
February Book Display
Black History Month Celebration
From Slavery to the Civil Rights days and beyond, come learn more about the great accomplishments credited to Black Americans through out the centuries through our library photo and book/video display.
Google won’t autocomplete “bittorrent” but will autocomplete “how to kidnap a child” (via Boing Boing)
Does this matter to you? Is Google your (only) search tool of choice?
Google won’t autocomplete searches for “bittorrent,” but if you are interesting in learning how to kidnap someone, make meth, build a bomb, cheat on your taxes, or shoplift, they will happily autocomplete your search for you.
Google won’t autocomplete “bittorrent” but will autocomplete “how to kidnap a child” – Boing Boing.