Print is Dead: Books in Our Digital Age

Speaking of “digital natives,” USA Today (and believe me, I read plenty of websites other than USA Today’s) had a story today entitled “Google VP says youth determine Internet future” in which a VP at Google said that it’s today’s kids who will determine the future of the internet. This made me think of electronic reading and digital delivery, and how people like Updike say that “books traditionally have edges,” but for a whole new generation, who are completely raised on the internet, nothing will have edges. To them, digital delivery and reading of content will be like second nature (if not Second Life).

Excerpt: “‘If you really want to know what will happen with the Internet, ask a 13-year-old,’ said [Vinton] Cerf, the vice president of Google. He was a keynote speaker Monday at the Upper Great Plains Technology Conference.”

Google VP says youth determine Internet future