{"id":5517,"date":"2009-06-21T22:04:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-21T22:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidbosman.fr\/blog\/2009\/06\/21\/20090621ray-bradbury-on-the-importance-of-libraries-the-internet-and-living-forever\/"},"modified":"2010-03-27T23:48:43","modified_gmt":"2010-03-27T22:48:43","slug":"20090621ray-bradbury-on-the-importance-of-libraries-the-internet-and-living-forever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/blog\/2009\/06\/21\/20090621ray-bradbury-on-the-importance-of-libraries-the-internet-and-living-forever\/","title":{"rendered":"Ray Bradbury on the importance of Libraries, the Internet and living forever"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cLibraries raised me,\u201d Mr. Bradbury said. \u201cI don\u2019t believe in colleges and universities (…) When I graduated from high school, it was during the Depression and we had no money. I couldn\u2019t go to college, so I went to the library three days a week for 10 years.\u201d<\/p>

(…)<\/p>

\u201cYahoo called me eight weeks ago,\u201d he said, voice rising. \u201cThey wanted to put a book of mine on Yahoo! You know what I told them? \u2018To hell with you. To hell with you and to hell with the Internet.\u2019<\/p>

\u201cIt\u2019s distracting,\u201d he continued. \u201cIt\u2019s meaningless; it\u2019s not real. It\u2019s in the air somewhere.\u201d<\/p>

(…)<\/p>

\u201cThe children ask me, \u2018How can I live forever, too?\u2019 \u201d he said. \u201cI tell them do what you love and love what you do. That\u2019s the story on my life.\u201d<\/p> <\/blockquote>\n\n

Read the full article on the NYTimes<\/a>, and listen to 88 years old Bradbury ranting on the Internet.<\/p>\n\n

Whether he likes the Internet or no, Bradbury has his own website<\/a> (and he is a f*cking<\/span> hell of a great writer)<\/span> \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n\n

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D\u00e9fendre les biblioth\u00e8ques (publiques), garantir l’acc\u00e8s aux livres, c’est au moins aussi important que lutter contre la d\u00e9rive de l’\u00e9ducation que d’aucuns voudraient r\u00e9duire \u00e0 une simple formation, pr\u00e9paration \u00e0 un emploi \u2014 un outil \u00e0 l’\u00e9coute des besoins du march\u00e9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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