Friday, April 21, 2017

Torching the Modern-Day Library of Alexandria

As a writer who also values free information, I'm of two minds about this. But clearly having a freely accessible library that is the modern-day equivalent of the Library of Alexandria on steroids would be a boon to mankind, and destroying it would be a tragedy:

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/04/the-tragedy-of-google-books/523320/?utm_source=hpfb

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Scientists make revolutionary breakthrough that could reshape how we grow food: 'This marks the beginning of a new era'

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/scientists-revolutionary-breakthrough-could-reshape-111508573.html