That Umberto Eco Quote
Thursday, October 27, 2005 by ErinUp to now, books still represent the most economical, flexible, wash-and-wear way to transport information at a very low cost. Computer communication travels ahead of you; books travel with you and at your speed. If you are shipwrecked on a desert island, where you don't have the option of plugging in a computer, a book is still a valuable instrument. Even if your computer has solar batteries, you cannot easily read it while lying in a hammock. Books are still the best companions for a shipwreck, or for the day after the night before. Books belong to those kinds of instruments that, once invented, have not been further improved because they are already alright, such as the hammer, the knife, spoon or scissors.
Umberto Eco. Vegetal and Mineral Memory: the Future of Books." lecture at the newly opened Bibliotheca Alexandrina. Al-Ahram Weekly, 20 - 26 November 2003 http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2003/665/bo3.htm
Ganked from Marylaine Block, Neat New Stuff I Found This Week
http://marylaine.com/neatnew.html
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