This week I had possibly my first ever overdue library book

This week i had possibly my first ever overdue library book. 

Its not that I don't respect books or the public library system, it's just that over the last few years I have almost completely stopped reading physical books, magazines and newspapers. I read ebooks, ezines, blogs, web pages and PDFs all of the time.

When I recently discovered that a book I really wanted to read was not available as an ebook, I was left with no choice but to borrow the actual physical book. It was cumbersome. I didn't finish it. I lost it, then found it and returned it late.

I now read ebooks almost exclusively. Amazon's Kindle store seems to be the best place to purchase content, and they support authors by not taking too much from their earnings, unlike traditional publishing houses which consider you indebted to them until your work turns a profit. This means you get a lot more independent and first time authors on Kindle, Barnes & Noble and some of the independent sellers.

This also means you can have a hit and miss experience if you're a little adventurous.

knowledge may be power, but OWNING information doesn't make you smarter

Human society was shaped by sharing! If we hadn't shared shelter, food, care for the young, companionship, etc. society as we know it would not exist today.
If you're old enough you should remember when the internet was just ramping up and everyone was talking up the new paradigm. We were once again part of a "global village" where people in every corner of the globe could share information, ideas, money, etc, etc. Offices would become paperless, communication would become instantaneous and life would look more like an episode of the Jetsons or Star Trek.