The decline & fall of books: the future of reading

The decline & fall of books: future of readingMathias Klang @klang67

Reading is an idealized activity

Good reader

Bad reader?

Law

democracy

Law

Contextual & programmed social

rules

Architecture

Only technology(spot the ethical dilemma?)

2011

2010

2009200720021999

1993 2004

This is not a book

Pinch & swipe gestures

”It was as if a light had been Nookd in a carved and painted lantern....”

Tolstoj War & Peace

What do we own?

Pushing connectivity

Blog

ger 1

999

Goog

le 1

999

End of communications monopoly

Normalizing the abnormal

“My fear is that these technologies are infantilising the brain into the state of small children who are attracted by buzzing noises and bright lights, who have a small attention span and who live for the moment.”

Prof. Susan Greenfield

How we read

Changing the marketplace

Alternative marketplaces

What we chose to read

pdf paradox

en formaga att lasa langre samman- hangande texter och att utveckla djupare lasforstaelse…

To be Honest the future is a dystopia for publishers, booksellers & anyone who attempts to maintain a gatekeeper role. Sorry, but your current business model is no longer relevant to our reality.

Horror stories

In scarcity access is everything. - In surplus its annoying.

“who told me” becomes more important than “who made it”. Sandra Snan

End of culture: can the infinite be shared?

Algorithmic recommender systems

Do not do unto others as you would that they should do

unto you. Their tastes may be

different.

George Bernard Shaw

Algorithm fail

This is not a library

Infrastructure of deep knowledge

What does it all mean?

Old stupidity or new intelligence?

Endless personal library

End of culture: can the infinite be shared?

Tailored books: what sells in Nebraska or Sweden

There is no book… there are

still readers

THANKS!

Mathias Klang klang@ituniv.se or @klang67

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