In this forum
http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/0160.html
I asserted that the feel of paper is immortal, and made other points.
But just a few years later I see that one of my points therein is
beginning to materialize: Electronic technology is starting to "swallow
up" paper. I.e., information technology is starting to offer some of the
feel of paper. I have in mind the iPAQ, and similar devices, which are
powered by ebooks and handwriting recognition technology. What I
venerated in this piece in 1998 is now starting to be reachable in the
form of high-end pocket PCs, and similar devices.
//Selmer Bringsjord
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Selmer Bringsjord * selmer_at_rpi.edu * Professor
Director, Minds & Machines Lab & Program
Department of Cognitive Science
Department of Computer Science
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http://www.rpi.edu/~brings
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy New York 12180
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On Sun, 6 Jan 2002, Stevan Harnad wrote:
> On Sun, 6 Jan 2002, Jim Till wrote:
>
> > http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/324/7328/5
> >
> > [rs]> The web has advantages of speed, reach, interactivity,
> > [rs]> and infinite space, but paper has the advantages of
> > [rs]> readability, portability, and attractiveness. The
> > [rs]> future is not "paper or electronic" but "paper and
> > [rs]> electronic."
>
> Just a slight correction:
>
> The PRESENT is "paper and electronic."
>
> Regarding the future, see:
>
> http://www.text-e.org/debats/
> http://www.text-e.org/
>
> Discussion threads on Jason Epstein's
> "Reading: The Digital Future"
>
> See:
> "V-Book Reading: The Virtual Future
> (Volumes will go the way of Videos)"
>
> Stevan Harnad
>
Received on Mon Jan 07 2002 - 15:04:07 GMT