Reply #174: Whats scary: I live in a VERY blue area, "neoliberal technocrats" ALREADY say libraries are obsolete

[Leopolds Ghost]

I have personally read shit (all those articles about Osama Bin Laden that appeared in the newsmagazines in the late 1990s, for instance, remember how we came to know who the hell he is?) that no longer appears in the on-line electronic archives. And of course the newspaper graveyards no longer exist. We have electronic technology, we don't need libraries or even bookstores any more. I have been told that by neoliberal, wealthy technogeeks, in my area. The libraries and schools will eventually be converted into health clubs and Starbucks internet cafes. They are already doing this, I can cite examples.