Explore the world of Google books. Play the game today.
So, I did. The game walks you through several questions and requires you to use your Google-searching skills to search through Google Books to find the answer. I completed the game in just a few minutes. At the end of the game, you have a chance to submit your scores, and enter a contest. Today's entry prompt was, "In 50 words or less, describe what you think reading will be like 100 years from now."
50 words - it's harder to write shorter works than long ones [["I made this longer letter only because I did not have the leisure to make it shorter." (Brownie points if you can identify the speaker and leave it in the comments.)]]. Then I thought about some of the poems Jill has been sharing on her blog, so I decided to write a free form (is that the right descriptor?) poem as my 50 word answer to the prompt:
Reading -
What is that?
Today I gain knowledge
through a direct link to my mind.
Yesterday's books
are tedious -
why waste the time reading,
and thinking?
Just plug in and obtain.
The link gives me new thought
I can obtain with its key word.
Mind meld removes need to read.
Reading 100 years in the future -- what do you think?
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