I Read, I Think

Many articles and blog posts I read on the Web pique my interest and get me thinking in different terms than before. Check these out.

This goes beyond trivia. Just right for for Black History Month: "Washington: the Blackest Name America"

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Are we really losing language? Or maybe it's just that more people who never before had a voice are finally getting their say—albeit disjointedly.

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"Our collective humanity is dying a little more every day. Technology is killing life on the street -- the public commons, if you please. Chat rooms, text messaging, IM are all, technically, forms of communication. But when they replace yakking over the back fence, or sitting huggermugger at the bar or simply walking with a friend -- as they have for an increasing number of people in "advanced" societies -- then meaningful human contact is lost."...

Here's the entire article, and I wonder, is the personal form of communication also the basis of storytelling and book writing? What do you think?