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Could this be the final chapter in the life of the book - Sunday Times - Times Online

It’s the readers who will have the final say.”

No, it is the teachers who will have the final say. They will determine whether people will read for information, knowledge or, ultimately, wisdom. If they fail and their pupils read only for information, then we are in deep trouble. For the net doesn’t educate and the mind must be primed to deal with its informational deluge. On that priming depends the future of civilisation. How we handle the digitising of the libraries will determine who we are to become.

This article contains some interesting food for thought about the future of information and the abilities of individuals to harness that information. . . .