On another thread folks are angry with me because I questioned the need for 51k foot libraries in the rapidly evolving world of digital conveyance of information. We all want to go back to Mayberry, and sadly if we do not engage our brains we will condemn our children to despair.
This idea that building palatial settings which are beyond excess simply escapes logic or reason, and the wisdom gained will be deprivation on a scale not yet imagined.......yet I.....like the small child being told how beautiful the emperor's new clothes are.... simply say......he has no clothes.
The excesses of our society have caused the inevitable. There once was a time where a library was a map to wisdom, but to quote:
What is grand is necessarily obscure to weak men. That which can be made explicit to the idiot is not worth my care.
William Blake
This idea that building palatial settings which are beyond excess simply escapes logic or reason, and the wisdom gained will be deprivation on a scale not yet imagined.......yet I.....like the small child being told how beautiful the emperor's new clothes are.... simply say......he has no clothes.
The excesses of our society have caused the inevitable. There once was a time where a library was a map to wisdom, but to quote:
What is grand is necessarily obscure to weak men. That which can be made explicit to the idiot is not worth my care.
William Blake