Reading Response 3 - "The Future of Libraries"

It frightens me to think that these predictions of our technological future are more than likely true. I would be perfectly fine with the technologies having stopped upgrading in 1995. Not only libraries, but personal communications are going to be non-existent. I am a strong fan of libraries, and without them, people will become just downright lazy. The article says that technologies have a limited lifespan, and that books and writing are a technology. I hope I never have to see the day where books actually disappear for good. I don’t understand how the keyboard is going to be done away with. What are we going to do, talk at the screen as it types? Some things should just be left manual. The idea of computers having personalities and traits is the most frightening thing of all to me. That will literally be the day when the world will soon end, and computers take over. I hope this never happens, but with the way the technology keeps evolving, it’s not impossible. It’s crazy to think that paintings and documents that were made in the 1500’s are still around today, due to good conservation and libraries. You can’t store original copies of items in a computer; the whole experience of searching for a hard copy of what you need will be overthrown by the click of a button. Libraries are the original storehouses of important documents, and with the web having all the counterfeit websites and unreliable information, it’s a shame this is what we have to look forward to.