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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 [email protected] or @klang67
www.digital-rights.net
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