eReaders (and iPods) will save civilization in the Global Warming Apocalypse
I’ve decided that, when the time comes and I’m a global warming refugee, I will have the following three things: my eReader, my iPod, and a solar charger. Not only will I need books and music to hold my sanity, but I will be one of the keepers of western civilization. My eReader will have Shakespeare, the sacred texts of various cultures, lots and lots of the Western Canon. My iPod will preserve Beethoven, the history of jazz, Edith Piaf, the operas of Mozart, Verdi and Wagner, the Brandenburgs and the Goldbergs.
I like to think that with these devices, I can ensure that there will be more left of civilization than TV jingles for people to sing around the campfire. (That’s a reference to “The Postman” a pretty interesting book, and sad, sad movie.) That said, depending on my last synch, I may have preserved whatever culture is found in a Robert Heinlein/Elmore Leonard/William Gibson pack on the Sony Connect store, or whatever ‘essentials’ lists I downloaded hoping that I might get cool by listening to them.
In any case, I’m ready to play my part is preserving civilization. And I’m going to take my synchs a little more seriously.
