What is the future of reading? As students in the 21st century, many of us use the internet for everything from entertainment to research. So do books have a future in the 21st century? In my opinion, yes! I believe that printed material has a future. The internet will evolve and shape the way we acquire much of our knowledge, but overall I feel that books and other forms of the printed word will continue to exist. I really can't imagine reading "Fahrenheit 451" on a compute screen. It is my hope, that as we continue to pursue knowledge, wether it be in pursuit of a degree or for personal knowledge, we do not forget books as a source of this knowledge.
Ah, the ink from the almost 1,100 page stimulus bill is still drying and it's already looking like two of the Detroit auto makers want even more loans. My biggest question, "Why should the taxpayers of our country be responsible for a company that has been driven into the ground by poor management?" The auto makers in this country have spent many years producing SUVs and large passenger trucks that were lucky to get 15 mpg instead of developing better fuel efficiency. Now, I'm not the biggest fan of fuel efficiency as the biggest selling point to a car, but it is important. Over the course of the year I will put several, several thousand miles on my car (a Ford Mustang) and I do wish it had better fuel economy because it would be much easier on my bank account to fuel. So, if I can figure out that I want better fuel efficiency because of the higher gas prices, can auto maker executives not reach that conclusion? Could they not begin producing more cars instead of SUVs and trucks? I say that the industry had a chance to adapt and they failed. To paraphrase Darwin "Adapt or Die." GM and Chrysler have not adapted and so I believe they should be on their own. If they can survive, congratulations to them, I truly wish them the best, but if they cannot make it on their own, without government loans, let them die.
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I'm glad to see that you value reading! I wish more people did. And I'm intrigued by the reviews of printing options- I think it's a good idea to focus when you do a blog- you'll get more followers that way. and I like your 'portfolio slideshow' you need to show everyone how you did that- I think we all need that on our blogs... please remind me! Now, how about adding some other images to your site- images of your favorite photos, etc. Tell us why you like those specific images, etc. And images that you shoot... the portraits, etc...
ReplyDeleteOh, and I agree with you about Detroit. We should put money into the future, not the past. And I didn't buy an SUV for a reason, I have no interest in supporting them with tax dollars now.
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