Daily Thoughts 04/27/2015

The Readers, 1890, Jacques-Emile Blanche

Daily Thoughts 04/27/2015

I checked the Twitter and Facebook for the library.  I also checked some new books.

I read another chapter in Start A Revolution Stop Acting Like A Library by Ben Bizzle.  I am reading about different types of marketing; billboards, lawn signs, drink coasters, giveaways, newspapers, and other traditional marketing channels.

I also read a bit more from The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage. I rather like the black and white illustrations.  Some of them remind me a little bit of the illustrations in Alice in Wonderland.   I also like that the subjects being focused on are economics, manufacturing, science, and invention.

I read a little bit of Americanah.  I am reading about a woman getting her hair braided.  This is something I have not read before.

Web Bits

New York Public Library Struggling With an Aging System

http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2015/04/love_your_local_library_tell_t.html

When Library Time Means Screen Time

http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/11/07/when-library-time-means-screen-time/

The Google Killer Builder Is Now Ready for You To License

http://upstart.bizjournals.com/news/technology/2015/04/17/darpa-google-killer-builder-available-to-public.html?page=all

The Future of Reading: There's No Mystery About It-- Walter Mosley

http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-future-of-reading-theres-no-mystery-about-it-1430104991

Automation

Cheaper Robots, Fewer Workers

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/25/technology/robotica-cheaper-robots-fewer-workers.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&bicmp=AD&bicmlukp=WT.mc_id&bicmst=1409232722000&bicmet=1419773522000&_r=0

We're Barreling Towards a Robot Based Economy Where All Profits go to the Robots' Owners

http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/were_barreling_towards_a_robot-based_economy_where_all_profits_20150203

Abundance

Global Oversupply of Capital and Labor Challenges Policy Makers

http://www.wsj.com/articles/global-glut-challenges-policy-makers-1429867807

This reminds me of the second part of post scarcity economics that goes along with automation, abundance.  An excellent book on the topic is Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think by Peter Diamandia.  It reminds of a third part that happens also which people are not prepared for The Zero Marginal Cost Society: The Internet of Things, The Collaborative Commons, and the Eclipse of Capitalism by Jeremy Rifkin.  New things are happening economically which many people are not prepared for.