“The lack of video, the lack of audio, the lack of ways to change the forking outcomes of plot is a feature of literature, not a bug. And, as it turns out, books are interactive. They’re recipes for the imagination. Conversely, video is restrictive—it tells you what things look like, what they sound…”Tagged: Media Theory, Books, Power Of Reading, Why You Should Read Instead of Watch TV, Book Technology
“Publishing has no particular ability to discern what is good or not, what is successful or not. This is true not just at the level of predicting commercial success, but also at predicting critical success. I already discussed great writers who almost vanished, books that slipped through the…”Tagged: Random Publishing, Lose Control, Publishing Strategies, Death of the Editor, No Arbitrators
“By defining books as against technology, we deny the power of the book.”Tagged: Thought Technology, Books
“I believe in more publishing, not less. The more tools for creations and dissemination, the better. I believe that culture is like democracy, that for all the problems of letting any old idiot vote, it’s better than not letting particular people vote because you don’t think they’re voting the right…”Tagged: All Thinking is Relevant, Pushing Creativity