dearest library land—

i nostradamussed the future library keeping
our tart hearts in mind. spoiler :
ranganathan and readers advisory still rule, but
no makerspaces.

yours in allegiance,

 

 

The Branch by Eugene Lim

The library of the future is more or less the same. That is, the branch is an actual and metaphoric Faraday cage. You enter, a node and a target, streamed at and pushed and yanked, penetrated by and extruding information, sloppy with it. And then your implants are cut off. Your watch, your glasses, jacket, underwear, your lenses, tablet, chips, your nanos—all go dry…

read the rest here along with the other authors in Wired’s “Future of Work” series including fiction by Laurie Penny, Charles Yu, Charlie Jane Anders, Nisi Shawl, Adam Rogers, Martha Wells, and a great one on smart contracts and crypto by Ken Liu.